"Everyone who lives long enough to love deeply will experience great losses. Don't let fear of loss, or the losses themselves, take away your ability to enjoy the wonderful life that is yours."

“Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it.”

“No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher.”

Source : Florence Scovel Shinn, Laura Berman Fortgang (2015). “The Complete Game of Life and How to Play It: The Classic Text with Commentary, Study Questions, Action Items, and Much More”, p.66, Hampton Roads Publishing

“I was going to strive at something that I loved to do. And I didn't care what the outcome was; I wanted it to be something successful, I wanted to move forward.”

“Ambitious failure, magnificent failure, is a very good thing,”

“It's hard to be fully creative without structure and constraint. Try to paint without a canvas. Creativity and freedom are two sides of the same coin. I like the best of both worlds. Want freedom? Get organized. Want to get organized? Get creative.”

Source : David Allen (2011). “Ready For Anything: 52 productivity principles for work and life”, p.53, Hachette UK

“The physical signs of measles are nearly the same as those of smallpox, but nausea and inflammation is more severe, though the pains in the back are less.”

“A hysterical young woman with flowing brown hair is also called from 4, but she's quickly replaced by a volunteer, an eighty-year-old woman who needs a cane to walk to the stage.”

“Im a sucker for accents and any man who can actually sing and serenade you.”