"Naturally, our own irrational demands strike us as having the force of needs, while other people's needs strike us as capricious indulgences."

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Source : Daphne Merkin (2014). “The Fame Lunches: On Wounded Icons, Money, Sex, the Brontës, and the Importance of Handbags”, p.229, Macmillan

Daphne Merkin

#People Quotes #Needs Quotes #Demand Quotes

“In half an hour, I'll know more than you do.”
“The best hope is that one of these days the ground will get disgusted enough just to walk away - leaving people with nothing more to stand on than what they have so bloody well stood for up to now.”
“I had my mouth done when I was 27. It was a botched job. Obviously, if I had liked my mouth I wouldn't have had it re-done.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense.”
“There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently”
“Silence is a text easy to misread.”

Source : A. A. Attanasio (1997). “The Eagle and the Sword”, Harper Prism
“I have a face that is a cross between two pounds of halibut and an explosion in an old clothes closet.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.”

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