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Frances Mayes

"One of those flash epiphanies of travel, the realization that worlds you'd love vibrantly exist outside your ignorance of them. The vitality of many lives you know nothing about. The breeze lifting a blue curtain in a doorway billows just the same whether you are lucky enough to observe it or not. Travel gives such jolts. I could live in this town, so how is it that I've never been here before today?"

Source : "Frances Mayes travels the globe (sort of), not forgetting about Italy" by Jeanne Cooper, www.sfgate.com. April 20, 2006.

Frances Mayes

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“Keep telling yourself and others there are no supermoms, there are only wonderful mothers.”

Source : Jean Marzollo (1991). “Your Maternity Leave”, Poseidon Press
“Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses”

Source : "A Treasury of Jewish Quotations". Book by Joseph L. Baron, 1985.
“It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.”
“I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great.”
“Often you will find the opposite situation. The author seems to have interesting ideas, but he is not able to illustrate them with decent examples. If a grandmaster is commenting on one of his own games, then there is usually not any problem: his general thoughts are closely tied up with what is happening on the board. But as soon as he starts writing an article or book on a different theme the difficulties begin, as he may not have suitable material to hand.”
“I think itâ€™s the books that you read when youâ€™re young that live with you forever.”
“Ensuring that the US continues to lead the world in science and technology will be a central priority for my administration.”
“Don't envy those who make their wealth in an ungodly way. The wicked SEEM to prosper now and live without a care but they will spend eternity in terror and despair.”

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