"I sometimes think I prefer suitors in books rather than right in front of me. How awful, backward, cowardly, and mentally warped that will be if it turns out to be true."

-- Mary Ann Shaffer

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Suitors Quotes

“Time is the fire in which we burn.”
“Some of my best work is done when I'm half asleep.”

Source : "An uncommon eye for common places / When reality presents itself to Henry Wessel, his 'soft eyes' are available to capture -- and elevate -- the moment". Interview with Jesse Hamlin, www.sfgate.com. February 22, 2007.
“That's one of the best sets I've seen him play, although I should preface that by saying I haven't seen him play before.”

Source : "Did I say that?" by John Hind, www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2009.
“Being good is good business”
“Take her home. And-" "Say nothing- yes, yes, I heard you the first seven hundred times," Myrnin said, much too sharply. "I'm ancient. I'm not deaf.”
“By patting somebody on the back, a boy or a girl, a professional dancer, male, female, it really makes people feel good and I know it certainly made me feel good.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector.”

Source : "Are we back to the 1930s again? Here's why we shouldn't panic" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. March 19, 2013.
“My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what its like. I sang a folk song about donkeys on this West End stage with this big director, and there was a queue of 200 girls all singing Memory. I was terrible. Terrible.”

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