"We are all very ready to believe what we like."

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Source : Samuel Richardson (1751). “Clarissa; Or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life”, p.395

Samuel Richardson

#Believe Quotes #Ready Quotes

“I'm just an advertisement for a version of myself.”

Source : Song: Angels, Album: David Byrne
“What a commentary on our civilization, when being alone is considered suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that one practices itâ€”like a secret vice!”
“Each day we choose to live the legacy we want to leave.”

Source : Pam Farrel (2015). “7 Simple Skills for Every Woman: Success in Keeping Everything Together”, p.175, Harvest House Publishers
“I have zero hand-eye coordination - zero - so I've never been good at softball, basketball, golf, things like that, but I'm really strong and I have really good endurance so I can go forever - I'm a tough girl.”

Source : "Brooklyn Decker is everywhere before movies' debut". Interview with Samantha Critchell, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. May 17, 2012.
“While it was occasionally done here or there, nobody else had a figurehead like Walt doing it. Jack Warner wasn't on TV. Walt was the boss, but he had a real public profile and he used it to his advantage. And he became a household face.”
“People say to us, look, it may well be the case that there are fewer wars and fewer genocides, but surely more people are being killed. But when we look at this, the number of people killed in wars involving a state every year, all the wars, and you can see there's a high point, that's the Korean war, and it keeps on going down and down and down. If you look at the average number of people killed per conflict per year, it goes from 37-thousand in 1950 to just 600 in 2002.”
“One who wants to wear the crown, bears the crown.”
“No is easier to do. Yes is easier to say.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 2, 2010

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