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Amelie Nothomb

"Definitely. More and more I understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from. There is line in a song by Georges Brassens [French singer-songwriter]: 'Les imbciles heureux qui sont ns quelquepart.' I will never be one of the happy stupid that were born somewhere. This way of life is excellent for the imagination. It develops your paranoia. You feel paranoid when you don't understand a country, and being paranoiac is excellent for fiction."

-- Amelie Nothomb

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“I have over and over again explained that the purpose of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide Movement is to build men and women as citizens endowed with the three H's namely, Health, Happiness and Helpfulness. The man or woman who succeeds in developing these three attributes has secured the main steps to success this Life.”
“Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.”
“I resent my barber when he charges the full cost after he cuts my hair, but he says he's charging me for finding it.”

Source : FaceBook post by Tim Conway from Mar 11, 2016
“People always ask me what the trends are, but IÂ’m not a believer in trends. Individuality is more important to me, to stand out and have the confidence to wear something youÂ’re comfortable in - it just happens IÂ’m comfortable wearing a suit!”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“During the day I force myself to at least eat some salads rather than rubbish, and a steak in the evening. In fact, I eat to basically satisfy my hunger. I hardly have the time to appreciate a meal, and I'm everything, but a gourmet.”
“You have to get through periods of being blocked. Everybody has them. For me, they have everything to do with self-doubt. It's never a matter of laziness or inability. It's just a matter of believing that what I'm doing is worthwhile, that it matters.I just make myself work. I just make myself go to work, whether I feel like it or not.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“The brain and the eye may have a contractual relationship in which the brain has agreed to believe what the eye sees, but in return the eye has agreed to look for what the brain wants.”

Source : Daniel Gilbert (2006). “Stumbling on Happiness”, Vintage
“It would be right to say that the helicopter's role in saving lives represents one of the most glorious pages in the history of human flight.”

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