"I could stand to lose 10 or 15 pounds, but honestly, I'm happy the way I am. I feel comfortable with it. I'd rather have that extra 10, 15 pounds on me than live a lifestyle of trying to sustain this unattainable weight."

-- Stephanie Klein

#Trying Quotes #Weight Quotes #Unattainable Quotes

“In this fast paced world it is too frequently the case that people accept what society, family members and the authorities, whom nobody ever seems to question, believe regarding how to live their lives. And yet, the happiest people I know have been those who have accepted the primary responsibility for their own spiritual and physical well-being - those who have inner strength, courage, determination, common sense and faith in the process of creating more balanced and satisfying lives for themselves.”
“An idealist who couldn't cope becomes cynical.”
“You can't love other people until you love yourself.”
“If you are creative, you must be dissident.”

Source : Nawal El Saadawi (1997). “The Nawal El Saadawi Reader”, Zed Books
“Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego.”
“When I die, I hope they don't cremate me 'cuz I'll burn forever.”
“No, and in fact I get a bit frustrated, because I'm actually quite good at one-liners, and I've had hundreds of them over the years, and they sink without trace, and I get very frustrated. Every party conference I really work on the speeches, and I always have two or three things I'm quite proud of, and no one ever remembers them.”
“I'm not in the habit of looking back - I leave that till I get old.”

Source : "The Broadview book of Canadian anecdotes". Book edited by Douglas Fethering, p. 131, 1988.

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