"Any intelligent woman would have made a dignified retreat, but this was New Jersey, where dignity always runs a poor second to the pleasure of getting in someone's face."

-- Janet Evanovich

#Running Quotes #Intelligent Quotes #Faces Quotes

“A creative idea will be defined simply as one that is both novel and useful or influential in a particular social setting.”

Source : Journal of Comparative Neurology 493:147-153, p. 147, 2005.
“Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.”
“A line runs from the meditations of the heart to the words of the mouth. The meditations are not clear to us until the mouth utters its words. If what the mouth utters is unclear or foolish or mendacious, it must be that the meditations are the same. But the line runs both ways. The words of the mouth will become the meditations of the heart, and the habit of loose talk loosens the fastenings of our understanding.”
“I really wanted to find a piano for the farm house. There were so many free pianos on Craigslist, I thought, 'Let's get as many free pianos as we can and stick them all in the barn.' I got eight in a short period of time, only six of which were tunable, but it's still quite funny.”
“Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, will not be given up without a struggle.”

Source : SHULAMITH FIRESTONE (1970). “THE DIALECTIC OF SEX”
“The judgment of posterity is truer, because it is free from envy and malevolence.”
“I don't have a computer - I don't like to get into it that much 'cause it can screw with your head a little”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Courtesy is a waste of time; it weakens you and undermines you.”

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