#ours

Can we ever really know anyone well? Let's just say we often found ourselves in each other's company and neither of us minded. ↗

— Bernard Werber

#company #each #ever #found #just

And, of course, the fact that Maurice Strong, a Canadian, was in charge made it important for us to pull up our socks and become leaders in this field. Now, here is a field we should be a leader in! ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#canadian #charge #course #fact #field

It's my responsibility, and entirely my fault, Of course I regret it. It's the kind of locker-room conversation we all use, but as prime minister I shouldn't have used it. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#course #entirely #fault #i #kind

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#confirms #course #democracies #different #handicap

It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself. ↗

— Hector Hugh Munro

#learn #new #new ways #older #only

Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories. ↗

— Alice Munro

#keep #memory #other #our #ourselves

Hors d'oeuvres have always a pathetic interest for me; they remind me of one's childhood that one goes through wondering what the next course is going to be like - and during the rest of the menu one wishes one had eaten more of the hors d'oeuvres. ↗

— Hector Hugh Munro

#childhood #course #during #eaten #goes

I get up early in the morning, 4 o'clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that's enough. In the afternoon, I run. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#afternoon #clock #desk #dream #early

Every day I go to my study and sit at my desk and put the computer on. At that moment, I have to open the door. It's a big, heavy door. You have to go into the Other Room. Metaphorically, of course. And you have to come back to this side of the room. And you have to shut the door. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#big #come #computer #course #day

I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#full #hours #i #marathon #minutes