Its inhabitants are, as the man once said, "whores, pimps, gamblers, and sons of bitches," by which he meant Everybody. Had the man looked through another peephole he might have said, "saints and angels and martyrs and holy men," and he would have meant the same thing.
Alors je ne luis parlais ni de serpents boas, ni de forêts vierges, ni d'étoiles. Je me mettais à sa portée. Je lui parlais de bridge, de golf, de politique et de cravates. Et la grande personne était bien contente de connaître un homme aussi raisonnable.
My blackened eyes glittered like spiders above the lush white froth. I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be a beauty.
- A Home at the End of the World, Michael Cunningham.
Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge are essential resources, but only effectiveness converts them into results. By themselves, they only set limits to what can be attained.
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- Cannery Row, John Steinbeck.
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- Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Éxupery.
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- A Home at the End of the World, Michael Cunningham.
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Chinese: mǎ lì nà 马丽娜
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- The Effective Executive, Peter F. Drucker.
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