"Knowing what is and knowing what can be are not the same thing."

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Source : Ellen Langer (2010). “Counterclockwise: A Proven Way to Think Yourself Younger and Healthier”, p.13, Hachette UK

Ellen Langer

#Knowing Quotes #Ironic Quotes

“When one's function is to teach the loftiest wisdom, it is difficult to resist the temptation to believe that until you have spoken, nothing has been said.”
“There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I always seem to be chosen to do very flattering things like the beard comb over or go to the bathroom with the door open on Sex and the City or be the guy people meow at in Super Troopers. It's great for self esteem.”
“I do not believe in sitting on a problem. Because the longer you sit on that thing, the longer it'll irritate you. If you're keeping it to yourself, there's nothing the guy you're mad at can do to fix it, either, because you haven't told him why you're mad.”
“I want to sing simple things for the simple lives of simple people.”

Source : "Julio Iglesias mounting 'comeback' with new versions of his famous songs". www.thestar.com. August 24, 2012.
“She is nine, beloved, as open-faced as the sky and as self-contained. I have watched her grow. As recently as three or four years ago, she had a young child's perfectly shallow receptiveness; she fitted into the world of time, it fitted into her, as thoughtlessly as sky fits its edges, or a river its banks. But as she has grown, her smile has widened with a touch of fear and her glance has taken on depth. Now she is aware of some of the losses you incur by being here--the extortionary rent you have to pay as long as you stay.”
“We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways and major ways - like what you've just encountered which isn't censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way.”
“You might be a legend one day if you just keep your head to the ground and never get overzealous and start thinking you've outdone yourself. That's the space I try to stay in.”

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