"My loneliness turned itself inside out and I grew myself a kind of perverse pride."

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Phyllis Gotlieb

#Loneliness Quotes #Pride Quotes #Kind Quotes

“I got plenty of guesses wrong on things in the past as well. I don't want to pretend I have some great insight... But when the global financial crisis came along in 2008 it was scary times if you were in the middle of building $5 billion buildings. It wasn't perfect... I think that I am the luckiest person in Australia.”
“Everyone has their first date and the object is to hide your flaws. And then you're in a relationship, and it's all about hiding your disappointment. And then, once you're married, it's about hiding your sins.”
“I was referencing the Bible: "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" But I'm not religious. I just thought it was a good title.”
“Because when God heals a body, that is temporal; but when God saves a soul, that has eternal importance.”
“Practicing love often means feeling through fear: intentionally opening yourself when you would rather close down, giving yourself when you would rather hide. Love means recognizing yourself as the open fullness of this moment regardless of its contents -- trenchant thoughts, enchanting pleasures, heavy emotions, or gnawing pains -- and surrendering all hold on the familiar act you call 'me'.”
“I originally wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to be Kylie Minogue. My dad thought that was a very silly ambition and introduced me to drama classes. Once I became fixated on that, there was no stopping me.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I read a lot of true-crime books, but sometimes they can put you in a bad mood.”
“To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own”

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