"There are people we treat wrong and later we're prepared to treat other people right. Perhaps this sounds mercenary, but I feel grateful for these trial relationships, and I would like to think it all evens out - surely, unknowingly, I have served as practice for other people."

-- Curtis Sittenfeld

#Grateful Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Practice Quotes

“Being away from home gave me a chance to look at myself with a jaundiced eye”
“What was this big sound bite, though, at the time? It was, "Will Donald Trump and his supporters accept the election results." He won.”
“I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated”
“Selling scent is a key job for celebrities. At any one time, there'll be hundreds of them at it, going on the world's talk shows, doing photo-shoots, providing employment for thousands. Celebrities are instant brands.”
“For malice will with joy the lie receive, Report, and what it wishes true believe.”

Source : Thomas YALDEN (1833). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Yalden: to which is Prefixed, a Biographical Sketch of the Author, by the Editor. Magnet Edition”, p.73
“I couldn't quit, because of all the kids, and the blacks, and the little people pulling for me. I represent both the underdog and the overdog in our society.”
“I didn't know that, you take your coffee seriously, dont you?' 'Every morning, I run to the coffeemaker like a soldier returning to a lost love after the war.”
“Health has its science, as well as disease.”

Source : Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (2016). “Medicine as a Profession for Women”, p.6, Library of Alexandria

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