"He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food."

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Source : 1940 Of Moose Malloy. Farewell, My Lovely, ch.1.

Raymond Chandler

#Angel Quotes #Cooking Quotes #Tarantulas Quotes

“Mother loved dance so much that she thought (ballerina) Margot Fonteyn should be the president.”
“The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state.”
“You don't want to be on a show that no one wants to see, and then think your phone is going to be ringing off the hook to do other jobs. I'm not tethered to the fact that my demise may be reached this season or next season, or whatever.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I think I was afraid of being a mother for many reasons. I wanted to be a good mom and I was fearful at one point of even working at the national level because I was afraid that I would disappoint a child or I wouldn't be as ready for a big position as maybe I should have been when I came to Fox.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“It's not who you are, who you are friends, and how popular they are, it's just about how much you get out of each friendship and how much you learn from each one that really counts.”
“We who cherish science should be careful to distinguish when we are doing science and when we are extrapolating from it”
“It is possible to be busy-very busy-without being very effective.”
“Donald Trump is not stupid. He knows exactly what he's saying. And he's just saying out there - I mean, forget about Muslims. He said I could go down on Fifth Avenue in New York and shoot someone in the face and people - and the voters will have no problem with it. This transcends any kind of religion and any kind of belief. This is actually an offense and attack on human values. He's just saying out there I will shoot people in the face and people wouldn't care.”

Source : "'Egyptian Jon Stewart' Bassem Youssef Will Now Satirize U.S. Democracy". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 3, 2016.

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