"Every woman needed a husband, even if he did silence the song in her."

-- Khaled Hosseini

#Song Quotes #Husband Quotes #Silence Quotes

“The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.”
“Surfing is kind of a good metaphor for the rest of life. The extremely good stuff - chocolate and great sex and weddings and hilarious jokes - fills a minute portion of an adult lifespan. The rest of life is the paddling: work, paying bills, flossing, getting sick, dying.”

Source : Mu Soeng, Jaimal Yogis (2010). “Saltwater Buddha: A Surfers Quest to Find Zen on the Sea (Large Print 16pt)”, p.121, ReadHowYouWant.com
“I think when I was doing my very first interviews, I probably brought a notepad and did ask people my first fifteen questions while sitting in a Starbucks or something horrible like that. And I found that, oftentimes, the most important thing at the very first interview is just establishing a personal connection and developing some sort of rapport so that I can go back to them again, and then maybe again, and maybe again after that.”
“Your emotions are nothing but biochemical storms in your brain and you are in control of them at any point in time.”
“I cannot tell you what it is that guides us in this life; but for me, I fell toward the Chairman just as a stone must fall toward the earth. When I cut my lip and met Mr. Tanaka, when my mother died and I was cruelly sold, it was all like a stream that falls over rocky cliffs before it can reach the ocean. Even now that he is gone I have him still, in the richness of my memories.”
“Me, I walk along and feel quietly defensive, a recluse in the Land of We. That's quite the loaded word, 'we.”
“The main achievement of economics is that it has provided a theory of peaceful human cooperation. This is why the harbingers of violent conflict have branded it as a dismal science and why this age of wars, civil wars, and destruction has no use for it.”
“Presentation skills are key. People who work for you represent your brand. You want them to present themselves - and represent you - in a certain way.”

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