"I took the fear of marriage from my parents' relationship, because I didn't want to end up in a relationship like that, whereas my brothers and sisters learnt a lesson from it and made sure they didn't carry it on into their own marriages."

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Source : "Take a chance on me" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. August 3, 2002.

John Mahoney

#Brother Quotes #Parent Quotes #Lessons Quotes

“I know that some girls look up to me for certain things, like dyslexia, and that way I know that they like me for me, so it adds no pressure.”
“An artist needs to become familiar with that which is most hidden from the self by the self. For this one thing which one fears to know is often the driving force in one's life. These recognitions seen in art are the difference between decent, extraordinary and great.”
“It's important to accessorise. I always turn to the scarves, hats and sunglasses. But wearing too many accessories at once can look very bad.”
“You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.”

Source : Annie Proulx (2008). “The Shipping News: A Novel”, p.93, Simon and Schuster
“Not living in L.A. gives me a different perspective. I'm not so caught up in the daily process of self-congratulations that's out there.”
“What's the classical moment that every actor or actress deals with? A tragic thing. They get that blank, faraway look in their eyes. But in life, it's not that way.”
“Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.”
“For the first few years of my life my mom used to cut my hair so there were a lot of bowl-cut hair styles”

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