"I tried the plan of talking incessantly myself, so as to hide the fact I didn't hear anything they said, the result was nobody paid the slightest attention to my (doubtless brilliant) remarks ..."

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Source : Susan Hale (1918). “Letters of Susan Hale”

Susan Hale

#Talking Quotes #Facts Quotes #Attention Quotes

“Yours will be the wings of an eagle's flight, the soaring of a lark, sunward, heavenward, Godward! But you must take time to be holy - in meditation, in prayer, and especially in the use of the Bible.”
“It was a black and white only computer at the time, but it kept me fascinated.”
“Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens.”

Source : Martha Gellhorn (2015). “The View From The Ground”, p.400, Granta Books
“Never marry a girl named 'Marie' who used to be known as 'Murray'.”
“(Asked by John King about the political climate that existed in Washington at the time, and criticism of the Department of Justice under his management) Listen I don't expect an apology from men like Chuck Schumer, and I would put him and other individuals who were attacking me at the top of the list contributing to the low, low public perception of Congress, the integrity of Congress quite frankly.”
“They're trying to make fuel cells a reality. They want to bring the hydrogen economy to the United States.”
“What makes a heroine? I think I can answer that. A heroine is a woman who risks going too far in order to find out how far one can go for a cause greater than herself.”

Source : "11 Ridiculously Inspiring Life Lessons From The L’Oréal 2014 Women Of Worth" by Amanda Duberman, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 3, 2014.
“If you concentrate on the present, you eliminate what happened yesterday and any apprehension of what may happen tomorrow.”

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