"by and large, nothing is as bad as you fear, or as good as you hope."

-- Fay Weldon

#Hope Quotes #Fear Quotes #Expectations Quotes

“I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though youre poking fun at someone or something, theres still an affection for it.”
“If I freely may discover What should please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court than city; A little proud, but full of pity; Light and humorous in her toying, Oft building hopes, and soon destroying, Long, but sweet in the enjoying; Neither too easy nor to hard; All extremes I would have barr'd.”
“If youâ€™re happy, you eat. If youâ€™re sad, you eat. You lose a job, you eat. You get a job, you eat. Itâ€™s, you know, itâ€™s addiction,”
“As a result of grace, we have been saved from sinâ€™s penalty. One day we will be saved from sinâ€™s presence. In the meantime we are being saved from sinâ€™s power.”

Source : Alistair Begg (2005). “Made For His Pleasure: Ten Benchmarks of a Vital Faith”, p.23, Moody Publishers
“...life every now and then becomes literature...as if life had been made and not happened.”
“We have proved that the true strength of our nation comes not from the scale of our wealth but from the power of our ideals - opportunity, democracy, liberty and hope.”
“All a woman needs is a good bath, clean clothes, and for her hair to be combed. These things she can do herself. I very seldom go to the hairdresser, but when I do, I just marvel.”
“When you get to be my age, you don't buy green bananas because you may not be around to eat them.”

Source : "ROBERT BATEMAN: On home life, health, helping wildlife and his art muse". Interview with Carol Crenna, carolcrenna.wordpress.com. October 15, 2012.

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