"How am I going to make friends with these people if all I can think of is how easy it would be to rob them?"

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Source : Trudi Canavan (2009). “The Novice: The Black Magician Trilogy”, p.6, Zondervan

Trudi Canavan

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“Winning is the first priority. Individual development is important, but if each guy gets better, the team gets better”
“You cannot gauge the intelligence of an American by talking with him; you must work with him. The American polishes and refines his way of doing things-even the most commonplace-the way the French of the 17th century polished their maxims.”
“He is a poor man who can only measure his wealth in dollars.”
“Tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun”
“I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary.”
“In listening to stories we tend to suspend disbelief in order to be entertained, whereas in evaluating statistics we generally have an opposite inclination to suspend belief in order not to be beguiled.”

Source : "Data Storytelling: The Essential Data Science Skill Everyone Needs" by Brent Dykes, www.forbes.com. March 31, 2016.
“I told my mom the reason I started working out was because I wanted to break the necks of the people picking on me. I wanted to hurt them. I said I didn't want any teacher to put me down any more.”
“The offers I get are for grandfathers, uncles - and they often die very quickly in the script.”

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