"Left alone with the dial tone...excuse me, operator, why is no one listening?"

-- Melina Marchetta

#Listening Quotes #Tone Quotes #Excuse Quotes

“Salvation is a family affair.”
“Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.”
“Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human beings.”

Source : Helen Maud Cam, Historical Association (Great Britain) (1968). “Historical Novels”
“The whole fame and fortune thing is addictive.”
“Les MisÃ©rables etches Hugo's view of the world so deeply in the mind that it is impossible to be the same person after reading it.”
“Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.”
“I used to think that good short-sellers could be trained like long-focused value investors because it should be the same skill set; youâ€™re tearing into the numbers, youâ€™re valuing the businesses, youâ€™re assigning a consolidated value, and hopefully youâ€™re seeing something the market doesnâ€™t see.But now Iâ€™ve learned that thereâ€™s a big difference between a long-focused value investor and a good short-seller. That difference is psychological and I think it falls into the realm of behavioral finance.”
“As Minister of Foreign Affairs. I will work on deepening Haiti's links with its traditional partners from the North and the South, while exploring all the opportunities for economic, cultural, scientific and technological cooperation that may benefit my country.”

Source : "New Haitian minister of foreign affairs delivers first official speech". Laurent Lamothe's first official speech at his installation ceremony in Bois-Verna, Haiti, www.dominicavibes.dm. October 31, 2011.

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