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“A man nearly sixty is just as ready to suppose himself fascinating as a man of twenty.”

Men Ready Twenties Fascinating Sixty

Book:Jan Vedder's Wife

Source: Jan Vedder's Wife

“Leadership is the great challenge of the 21st century in science, politics, education, and industry. But the greatest challenge in leadership is parenting. We need to do more than just get our enterprises ready for the challenges of the twenty-first century. We also need to get our children ready for the challenges of the 21st century.”

Needs Firsts Children Challenges Century Ready Industry Twenties Our Children Enterprise 21st Century

Author:Jim Rohn

“Coming at twenty to his father's house, which was a very sink of filthy debauchery, he, chaste and pure as he was, simply withdrew in silence when to look on was unbearable, but without the slightest sign of contempt or condemnation. His father, who had once been in a dependent position, and so was sensitive and ready to take offense, met him at first with distrust and sullenness.”

Firsts Looks Father House Silence Position Ready Mets Pure Twenties Sensitive Dependent Contempt Offense Distrust Unbearable Condemnation Filthy Chaste Debauchery

Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Every writer, by the way he uses the language, reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacities, his bias....Avoid the elaborate, the pretentious, the coy, and the cute. Do not be tempted by a twenty-dollar word when there is a ten-center handy, ready and able.”

Way Use Able Spirit Language Ready Habit Ten Capacity Twenties Dollars Cute Bias Tempted Pretentious Handy

Author:William Strunk, Jr.

“Here I am, ninety years old and ready for the cooling board, using a brand new Macintosh computer, and there you sit, twenty-two and gorgeous, fresh as a new peach, yet scrawling on a yellow legal pad like an old maid in a Victorian romance.”

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Book:The Colorado Kid

Source: The Colorado Kid

“Will an hour be enough?” An hour implied that I needed a lot of help. “I’ll see what I can do,” I said coolly. I was ready in twenty minutes.”

Said I Can Enough Helping Can Do Hours Minutes Ready Needed Twenties Implied

Book:The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned

Source: The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned

“They were now both ready, not to begin from scratch, but to continue with a love that had survived for thirteen years in hibernation. They were no longer travellers without baggage. They were no longer twenty. They'd both been around the block a bit and had suffered without the other. They'd both lost their way without the other. Each had tried to find love with other people. But all that was now finished.”

People Way Love Years Lost Bits Ready Twenties Finished Block Survived Scratches Finding Love Traveller Thirteen Baggage Hibernation

Author:Guillaume Musso