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Quotes
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Ruth Whitman
"I keep my clocks a little fast / so time won't take me by surprise."
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Source : Ruth Whitman (1990). “Laughing Gas: Poems, New and Selected, 1963-1990”, p.26, Wayne State University Press
Ruth Whitman
#Time Quotes
#Littles Quotes
#Surprise Quotes
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“You either get the point of Africa or you don't. What draws me back year after year is that it's like seeing the world with the lid off.”
Source : A.A. Gill (2007). “AA Gill is Away”, p.46, Simon and Schuster
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“I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world.”
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“It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.”
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“If the frontline people do count, you couldn't prove it by examining the reward systems in most organizations.”
Source : Karl Albrecht, Ron Zemke (1985). “Service America!: Doing Business in the New Economy”, Irwin Professional Pub
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“You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous, because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you.”
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“There is no excuse for anyone not to train three times a week...Anyone can change their mind if they want to. It's all about motivation”
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“The honest answer is more complex. On some level I was sent. Or inspired. Or called. But my calling, such as it was, wasn't a single booming invitation from above (really, is it ever?)...”
Source : Chris Bohjalian (2010). “Secrets of Eden”, p.36, Simon and Schuster
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“If I were president of the United States, I would include Moslems in my presidency.”
