Just remember that in most things, right or wrong depends on where you’re standing at the moment. My father’s people would have thought having your life’s mate picked out for you by your parents to be … well, barbaric.” As Talon’s expression started to darken, Caleb added, “No offense intended, but I’m pointing out that things look the way they do because that is how you were taught as a child. And the rest of the world is vastly different from what a child can imagine.
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RAYMOND QUENEAU Good design keeps the user happy, the manufacturer in the black and the aesthete unoffended. RAYMOND LOEWY 'No' is the second shortest word in the English language, but one of the hardest to say. RAYMOND ARROYO Honey, no offense, but sometimes I think I could shoot you and watch you kick. RAYMOND CARVER One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey. RAYMOND QUENEAU I am an unmarried man, as opposed to a single man. A bachelor, according to the dictionary, is a man... RAYMOND BURR A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical i... RAYMOND CARVER The American automobile has changed the habits of every member of modern society. RAYMOND LOEWY I don't overeat. I only eat one meal a day... but my body has been one of those that has almost ... RAYMOND BURR I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes. RAYMOND CHANDLER The world is filled with archaic objects - mailboxes which look like alarm boxes, banks which look l... RAYMOND LOEWY Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the better looking will outsell the other... RAYMOND LOEWY I liked the military life. They teach you self-sufficiency early on. I always say that I learned mos... RAYMOND KELLY Think Indonesia and tourism, and the first thing that comes to mind is probably Bali. Think golf hol... RAYMOND BONNER Sydney's most famous beach is Bondi. At its southern end is Bondi Baths, an eight-lane, 50-meter... RAYMOND BONNER I regard psychiatry as fifty percent bunk, thirty percent fraud, ten percent parrot talk, and the re... RAYMOND CHANDLER Dying, we tell ourselves, is like going to sleep. This figure of speech occurs very commonly in ever... RAYMOND MOODY But I can hardly sit still. I keep fidgeting, crossing one leg and then the other. I feel like I cou... RAYMOND CARVER It seems to me that an author who has determined very new domains in literature is Gertrude Stein. RAYMOND QUENEAU It's very comforting to know that you are faced with a difficult job. If someone gives you a job... RAYMOND AUBRAC There are no accomplished golf tour operators in Indonesia, so a golf holiday there is a do-it-yours... RAYMOND BONNER No doubt many people have the feeling that to talk about death at all is, in effect, to conjure it u... RAYMOND MOODY No matter what we want of life we have to give up something in order to get it. RAYMOND HOLLIWELL Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the better looking will out sell the othe... RAYMOND LOEWY Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. RAYMOND LINDQUIST It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window. RAYMOND CHANDLER If a guy has a really good success pattern, I'll go along with him if he says he can go to the moon ... RAYMOND HERZOG To give your best is to receive the best. RAYMOND HOLLIWELL She poured us some more Scotch. It didn't seem to affect her any more than water affects Boulder Dam... RAYMOND CHANDLER When in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns. RAYMOND CHANDLER California, the department store state. RAYMOND CHANDLER In a developing country like Ghana, the issue about standardized testing is not different, because a... RAYMOND OBENG I can understand that Muslims find the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in the Norwegian weekly..... RAYMOND JOHANSEN Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any sta... RAYMOND CHANDLER Many believe effective networking is done face-to-face, building a rapport with someone by looking a... RAYMOND ARROYO The debate analysis in the media is rampant with contest analogies of war, baseball, boxing, footbal... JONATHAN RAYMOND People here always said to me, 'Why would you leave civilization to go to a place like Fiji?'... RAYMOND BURR