"When you get everything you wanted, I think maybe you do have to be a little grateful for the people who got you there... whether or not they thought they were doing you any favors at the time."

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Source : Jennifer Weiner (2008). “Certain Girls: A Novel”, p.333, Simon and Schuster

Jennifer Weiner

#Grateful Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“I have always said that I want to finish my career with the Dolphins and this put me closer to that goal. I have been fortunate to break many personal records, but my overiding goal is to win a Super Bowl here in Miami.”
“The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.”
“We can never work alone to bring great multiplication. It has to happen through unity & diversity.”
“If this was love, love had been overrated.”
“I have never given all of myself, even vocally, to anyone. I was taught to sing on your interest, not your capital.”
“Over a year before I started recording Salad Days, so I finally sat down and was like I have to do this. And it did feel like a chore. I was looking at it in a completely wrong way, trying to one up myself. Just the typical sophomore album bullshit. The main thing I got out of it is I eventually gave up on all that stuff. I had to re-learn why I liked making music in the first place, why I liked recording in my room all the time. Because it's fun. It's fun for me.”
“Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers.”
“Stronach's fragile beauty belies an emotional strength, pragmatic resiliency, and intellectual courage. Her ideas and choreography are both enigmatic and playful.”

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