"poverty ... is very bad for the formation of a personality. ... Not until I knew for certain where my next meal would come from could I give myself up to ignoring that next meal; I could think of other things."

-- Helen Westley

#Thinking Quotes #Giving Quotes #Personality Quotes

“I like fashion. I like being in shape. I like to look nice and I like to make money, but I don't think that's the most, No. 1, important thing.”
“We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we were Americans, and we would succeed at it because we were Americans.”
“If I'm teaching deep things, then I view it as important to make people feel like they're learning deep things, because otherwise, they will still have a hole in their mind for "deep truths" that needs filling, and they will go off and fill their heads with complete nonsense that has been written in a more satisfying style.”
“Hollywood needs more women directors, and Mama Ava needs a carafe and a half of that sweet vino divino.”
“The good thing in chess is that very often the best moves are the most beautiful ones. The beauty of logic.”
“It is better to break one's heart than to do nothing with it.”

Source : Margaret Kennedy (1939). “The Midas Touch”, New York : Random House
“We're sometimes treated like the stupid cousin, so I'm always drawn to characters that make you feel good about being Welsh.”

Source : "Matthew Rhys: from Patagonia with love" by Hannah Booth, www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2011.
“People's clothes ought to be buried with them.”

Source : Dodie Smith (2003). “I Capture the Castle”, p.86, St. Martin's Press

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