"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force."

-- Dorothy Parker

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Beer Quotes

“Four key words--helped make my dreams come true. They are: dedication, balance, risk, and love.”

Source : Bonnie Blair (1996). “A Winning Edge”, p.5, Taylor Trade Publishing
“What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching.”
“I don't want my daughter to think she has to deprive herself to be pretty...It's all about balance and I can teach that best by living it.”
“That whole thing of replicating what others do is a siren call. The sirens lure you to the rocks of unoriginality.”
“Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising.”
“I'm here to impress only one man. He don't live here with us. He's on top. So that's all I'm concerned about. My work is not for the public or for man to view or make judgment on me, I work for one person ...”
“As the biocentric view suggests, the garden prospers when control is balanced by equal measures of humility and benevolence. A balance is struck. Control, servitude, respect, imagination, pragmatism, an ecological conscience, compliance, and a certain measure of mysticism and altruism, all meld together to provide nurturance.”

Source : Jim Nollman (2005). “Why We Garden: Cultivating a Sense of Place”, p.104, Sentient Publications
“I'm sure the way to be happy is to live well beyond your means!”

Source : Ruth Gordon (1949). “The Leading Lady: Play in Three Acts”

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