"Sometimes the only thing which truly tempts us is the thing which we cannot have."

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Source : Liz Carlyle (2007). “Never Lie to a Lady”, p.384, Simon and Schuster

#Sometimes Quotes

“Can I go one day without somebody saying something negative about me?”
“Dig -- the mostly uncouth -- language of grace.”

Source : Geoffrey Hill (2013). “Broken Hierarchies: Poems 1952-2012”, p.415, Oxford University Press
“No more soul-destroying doctrine could well be devised than the doctrine that sinners can regenerate themselves, and repent and believe just when they please...As it is a truth both of Scripture and of experience that the unrenewed man can do nothing of himself to secure his salvation, it is essential that he should be brought to practical conviction of that truth. When thus convinced, and not before, he seeks help from the only source whence it can be obtained.”
“My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt.”
“When you look at art made by other people, you see what you need to see in it.”
“I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.”
“What I respect in people more than anything is work ethic. And Justin Timberlake's got that. He works his tail off, and he knows his stuff.”
“MBA students come out with: 'My staff is my most important asset.' Bullshit. Staff is usually your biggest cost. We all employ some lazy bastards who needs a kick up the backside, but no one can bring themselves to admit it.”

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