"No one can tell you what is right for you except yourself. So start telling yourself what to do. If you blunder for ten years while thinking for yourself, that is rich treasure when compared with living these ten years under the mental domination of another."

-- Vernon Howard

#Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes #Treasure Quotes

“One cannot overestimate the power of a good rancorous hatred on the part of the stupid. The stupid have so much more industry and energy to expend on hating. They build it up like coral insects.”

Source : Sylvia Townsend Warner, Claire Harman (1994). “The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner”, Virago Pr
“Treat all economic questions from the viewpoint of the consumer, for the interests of the consumer are the interests of the human race.”
“The more distant and distinct the relationship between two realities that are brought together, the more powerful the image.”
“If you want to know a country, read its writers.”

Source : "Survival instincts" by Aminatta Forna, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2009.
“There were periods when the art market got overheated, but there is no reason it should appreciate dramatically.”
“If there is one rule for dressing, for fashion, itâ€™s pretty much the same rule as for everything else in life: Donâ€™t go against yourself, donâ€™t go against your own nature. Itâ€™s only going to show.”
“When I sing, I pick out people in the audience and pinpoint on them. So if you feel that I am singing just for you, you may be right!”
“When I was in my early teens, I joined a cult. And we weren't allowed to listen to secular music or anything that wasn't made by us. So I spent a lot of time not listening to music, and by the time I could, I just didn't get into it.”

Source : "A Moment With Natalia Kills". Interview with Romy Oltuski, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 28, 2014.

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