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“If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent.”

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Jess Walter is an American author born on July 20, 1965. His works include novels, short story collections, and essays, known for their unique narrative style and profound insights into social issues. more

“After playing Chopin, I feel as if I had been weeping over sins that I had never committed, and mourning over tragedies that were not my own. Music always seems to me to produce that effect. It creates for one a past of which one has been ignorant, and fills one with a sense of sorrows that have been hidden from one’s tears.”

Ifs Feels Has Beens Seems Past My Own Sin Effects Produce Tears Sorrow Tragedy Committed Ignorant Mourning Weeping

Book:The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

Source: The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

“I’m not ashamed of what I am - of how I pass through this life. What I am has given me the strength to do it. At my lowest ebb I have never contemplated suicide. I value what is here too much. I have a contribution to make. I am not just take up space in this life. I can add something to the lives I touch. I don’t like everything I know about myself, and I’ll never be satisfied, but nobody’s perfect. I’m not sure where the next years will take me - what they will hold - but I’m open to suggestions.”

Knows Years I Can Values Next Given Space Perfect Too Much Suicide Add Satisfied This Life Not Sure Contribution Ashamed Take Me Suggestions Lowest Next Year Nobody's Perfect

Author:Lauren Bacall

“A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.”

Opportunity Optimism Complaining Noise Pessimist Opportunity Knocks Opportunity Knocking Oppurtunity

Author:Oscar Wilde

“Parla come magni,' It means, 'Speak the way you eat,' or in my personal translation: 'Say it like you eat it.' It's a reminder - when you're making a big deal out of explaining something, when you're searching for the right words - to keep your language as simple and direct as Roman rood. Don't make a big production out of it. Just lay it on the table.”

Way Mean Bigs Speak Language Simple Deals Like You Direct Tables Lays Productions Reminders Translations Big Deal Explaining Right Words

Book:Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything

Source: Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything

“Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.”

Emotion Cry Sad Apologizing Robots Pray Love Eat Pray Love Book Eat Pray And Love Best Eat Pray Love Eat Love Pray Bali Eat Pray Love Tears And Crying

Book:Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything

Source: Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything

“Girls like you are responsible for all the tiresome colorless marriages; all those ghastly inefficiencies that pass as feminine qualities. What a blow it must be when a man with imagination marries the beautiful bundle of clothes that he's been building ideals around, and finds that she's just a weak, whining, cowardly mass of affectations!”

Source: Bernice Bobs Her Hair and Other Stories

“A love story is not about those who lost their heart but about those who find that sullen inhabitant who, when it is stumbled upon, means the body can fool no one, can fool nothing—not the wisdom of sleep or the habit of social graces. It is a consuming of oneself and the past.”

Heart Mean Stories Body Past Lost Social Sleep Grace Fool Habit Oneself Love Story Consuming Sullen Social Graces

Book:The English Patient

Source: The English Patient

“I used to use business to make money. But I've learned that business is a tool. You can use it to support what you believe in.”

Believe Use Used Business Support Tools Making Money I've Learned

Author:Po Bronson

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