"It is something I recognise in myself. I do eavesdrop. I do people-watch, a lot."

-- Jon McGregor

#People Quotes #Watches Quotes #Recognise Quotes

“The German soldier has impressed the world, however the Italian Bersagliere soldier has impressed the German soldier.”
“I went to sea from the most tender age and have continued in a sea life to this day. Whoever gives himself up to this art wants to know the secrets of Nature here below. It is more than forty years that I have been thus engaged. Wherever any one has sailed, there I have sailed.”
“That was Youth with its reckless exuberance when all things were possible pursued by Age where we are now, looking back at what we destroyed, what we tore away from that self who could do more, and its work that's become my enemy because that's what I can tell you about, that Youth who could do anything.”
“I want to make the audience laugh and cry within ten seconds, to show just how close those emotions are.”
“He liked to like people, therefore people liked him.”
“Games that make you feel good about yourself are good games to be playing.”
“Treasurys, as low as yields are, are higher than they are in most other developed countries. A foreign investor picks up a yield spread in Treasurys versus their own sovereigns, plus the fact that if the dollar is going to continue rallying - and I think it will because it's a safe haven - then they get a currency translation gain as well.”
“But I'm not to be caught with such poor bait! I'm a big fish, I am.”

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