"I can't think of any sentiment which is finer than being in a position to give people something they like. I love giving, I am rather embarrassed at receiving."

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Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. December 31, 2010.

Trevor McDonald

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I think that anything you feel strange or nervous about, you weren't cut out to do.”

Source : Jane Bowles (2014). “My Sister's Hand in Mine: The Collected Works of Jane Bowles”, p.10, Macmillan
“I, as school kid, was a member of the Civil Guard, something like today's NCC. We had to salute our officers who went round in jeeps. So I thought one day I will also ride in a jeep and somebody else will salute me.”
“What an unfortunate instrument the guitar is! An instrument of such great nobility, a genuine monarch of music-- reduced to a pitiful lump of wood with six strings, constantly abused by people with no ear and no voice.”
“In my career, I'm very grateful for the opportunities.”
“Smiling back at her, it occurs to me that I've never met a mean librarian.”
“I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old.”
“I want to see the birth of my baby. Hopefully it's a boy. He can play for St. John's.”
“There are some women who should barely be spoken to; they should only be caressed.”

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