"One of my rigid goals is to keep each book under 300 pages because I think so much nonfiction is literally weighty that people don't get through these books, .. If people don't finish your book, then they don't know what you're talking about."

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Source : "Thomas Cahill's mission: to restore the West's genealogy" by Jamie Allen, www.cnn.com. November 27, 1998.

Thomas Cahill

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Talking Quotes

“I don't pick on anybody who has a number above 30.”
“Social comparison that leads to unhappiness is the downside of social media.”
“Silence is the essential condition of happiness.”

Source : Heinrich Heine (1888). “Wit, Wisdom, and Pathos”
“They tied me back together, but they didn't use double knots. My insides are draining out of the fault lines in my skin, I can feel it, but every time I check the bandages, they're dry.”
“Wine gives great pleasure; and every pleasure is of itself a good. It is a good, unless counterbalanced by evil.”
“Painting to me is constant searching. I can see what I want, but I can't get there, and yet you have to be open enough that if it goes another way, then let it go that way.”
“Social media is the ultimate equalizer. It gives a voice and a platform to anyone willing to engage.”
“I haven't frequented a nail salon in a long time.”

Source : "Hope Davis: Will Six Degrees' Laura Bust Her Pal's Fiancé?". Interview with Sabrina Rojas Weiss, www.tvguide.com. October 12, 2006.

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