"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

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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
“I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world.”
“It isnâ€™t what the book costs. Itâ€™s what it will cost you if you donâ€™t read it.”
“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
“You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous, because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you.”
“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”
“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
“If I were president of the United States, I would include Moslems in my presidency.”

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