"Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound why try to look like a Pekinese?"

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Source : "Edith Sitwell, a Unicorn Among Lions". Book by Victoria Glendinning (p. 54), 1981; later quoted in "An Uncommon Scold" edited by Abby Adams (p. 74), November 1, 1989.

Edith Sitwell

#Being Yourself Quotes #Successful Quotes #Secret Quotes

“My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him.”
“In male-driven [films], the protagonist is not the person who's necessarily in harms way. There's a sense that they're going to figure out how to persevere and take on the obstacles and foes and you don't necessarily know if that's going to happen with the subjects of love stories.”

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“Whatever Yasu loves, I love too. That's the secret of love.”
“I looked about for some of my acquaintance, but in vain, for I saw not one person that I knew, which is very odd, for all the world seemed there.”
“I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.”

Source : In Joseph Weintraub Peel Me a Grape (1975) p. 47
“Due to global warming, the coming winters in the local regions will become milder.”
“Concentrate on the wonders and joys of this life, and accept the very best which is your true heritage. It is not being an ostrich, afraid of life and not facing it. It is seeing the reality of this glorious life which is yours, and in doing so, helping to bring it about. The more clearly you can see it, the more quickly will it come about.”
“That lad must have been born offside.”

Source : Sir Alex Ferguson's 25 years at Manchester United - in quotes" by Benji Inwood, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2011.

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