"Unless we know people well, we sit around with our words and our minds starched, afraid of being ourselves for fear of wrinkling them."

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Source : Budd Schulberg (2011). “What Makes Sammy Run?”, p.95, Vintage

Budd Schulberg

#Fear Quotes #People Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Misattributed to Johann Reiss. Probably by Peter Reiss. Die Chemie ist der unreinliche Teil der Physik. Chemistry is the dirty part of physics.”
“If you're gonna be a failure, at least be one at something you enjoy.”
“I'm not a pin-up, thankfully. I'm not suggesting I feel unconfident. I am beautiful to my husband. I am beautiful to my friends. I feel sexy and all those things with the people I love.”
“I try to break a sweat every day. It doesn't always happen that way, but that's the goal.”
“I don't believe in reincarnation, and I didn't believe in it when I was a hamster.”
“And to me, it was interesting, some of the people I had interviewed who knew the insides to this program said that they also, to create anxiety and upset in the soldiers, they take Bibles and they trash them.”
“I'd still say that visiting the stores and listening to our folks was one of the most valuable uses of my time as an executive. But really, our best ideas usually do come from the folks in the stores. Period.”
“A book may be as great a thing as a battle.”

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