"Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain, th' way I see it. For too many years, I ate fancy, I dressed fancy, I talked fancy. A while back, I decided to start talkin' th' way I was raised t' talk, and for th' first time in forty years, I can understand what I'm sayin'."

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Source : Jan Karon (2011). “Jan Karons Mitford Years: The First Five Novels”, p.224, Penguin

Jan Karon

#Years Quotes #Appreciate Quotes #Fancy Quotes

“Wanting ... is something 'having' cannot cure.”
“Morality is a matter of money. Poor people cannot afford to have morals. So they have religion.”

Source : Khushwant Singh (2009). “Train to Pakistan”, p.39, Penguin Books India
“From the ethical point of view, no one can escape responsibility with the excuse that he is only an individual, on whom the fate of the world does not depend. Not only can this not be known objectively for certain, because it is always possible that it will depend precisely on the individual, but this kind of thinking is also made impossible by the very essence of ethics, by conscience and the sense of responsibility.”
“We all get paid very, very well, and we have responsibilities.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“She was all he wanted. He would give everything for her. Without thought. Without regret.”
“I actually do my own renovations. I designed and built a 100-foot split-cedar rail fence to enclose my property. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done. Don't recommend doing it alone. I also built a 100-square-foot back porch. Again, don't recommend doing it alone.”
“Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead.”
“Man's greatest concern is to know how he shall properly fill his place in the universe and correctly understand what he must be in order to be a man.”

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