Ken Grimwood famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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He went out with a variety of women, slept with some of them, hated the whole meaningless process. Drinks, dinners, plays and concerts and gallery openings ... He grew to despise the rigid formality of dating, missed the easy familiarity of simply being with someone, sharing friendly silences and unforced laughter.
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All life includes loss. It's taken me many, many years to learn to deal with that, and I don't expect I'll ever be fully resigned to it. But that doesn't mean we have to turn away from the world, or stop striving for the best that we can do and be. We owe that much to ourselves, at least, and we deserve whatever measure of good may come of it.
-- Ken Grimwood
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But a child's joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son's laughter began to her heart, a feat she had never believed possible
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Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.
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My downtime tends to resemble my uptime. Weekends are workdays, but toned down. Over the whole weekend, I may have five meetings, as opposed to six on a weekday. I used to play piano for 30 minutes at night, but I had to pull that out of my schedule. I don't have time for nonwork stuff.
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If you want something to play with go find yourself a toy, baby, my time is too expensive and I'm not a little boy.
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Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
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It is quite proper to meet a young man at a cocktail party and go on to dinner with him. If he is attractive, you can consider yourself not only correct, but lucky.
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It's weird to have people so interested in your personal life. It's a part of the business that grosses me out. I'm always bummed out for people who just happen to be dating a celebrity, and they're also famous, and they can't live their life.
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Dating a tennis player is risky - love means nothing to us.
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There's time for a boyfriend in my life. But he would have to be understanding. He would have to understand that often I will be travelling and playing.
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I am dating, but it is hard to find someone quick enough and funny enough. I am quite demanding.
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