"Thrice blessed are they whose early years are spent in some countryside. The flowering and withering of the seasons, and every exquisite sound and sight - every lane, and pasture, and green corners and gnarled hollows everywhere, make them affluent with a treasure which neither change nor chance can steal away."

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Source : Lizette Woodworth Reese (1929). “A Victorian Village: Reminiscences of Other Days”

Lizette Woodworth Reese

#Blessed Quotes #Sight Quotes #Years Quotes

“And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.”
“I tend to stare at people and memorize what they're saying and how they say it.”
“The challenge of ending displacement is inseparable from the challenge of establishing and maintaining peace. When wars end, farmers return to their fields; children return to school; violence against women declines; trade and economic activity resume; medical and other services become more accessible, and the international focus changes from relief to development and self-sufficiency. All this makes new wars less likely. It is a virtuous cycle that deserves nurture and support.”
“The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today.”
“But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult!”

Source : 1899 The Awakening, ch.6.
“I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the good ones I have done have really come out of the real experience of my life, and somehow this has come over as true and valid and persuasive.”
“I just believe that sometimes in life you're like a shark - you have to keep moving through water; otherwise, you'll die.”
“My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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