"Rare indeed is the nature that does not become a little more intense when its own affairs come under discussion."

-- Alice Duer Miller

#Doe Quotes #Littles Quotes #Affair Quotes

“Inevitably, the flood of literary ***** loosed on us is dulling our reactions of surprise or shock. Its writers are forced to raise the ante, to provide stronger and stronger stimulants. Or try to provide them, since both the manner, the naming of parts and the few inexpressive four-letter words, and the matter, are narrowly limited.”
“Simply being with other people who are also seekers and who are involved in the same quest you are is very meaningful.”
“I don't know what is in store for the movie business any better than anybody else does, but it does seem like my kind of movies are a little trickier than it used to be - or maybe a lot trickier.”
“Motivation is a skill. It can be learned and practiced.”
“Boundaries are to protect life, not to limit pleasures.”
“Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry.”
“True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle.”

Source : Hugh Blair (1824). “Sermons. ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author”, p.117
“Begin each day with the blueprint of my deepest values FIRMLY in mind then when challenges come, make decisions BASED on those values.”

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