"I never want to disappoint my parents, ever. They are people that I always look up to."

-- Nicole Richie

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“I knew that the moment the great governing spirit strikes the blow to divide all humanity into just two opposing factions, I would be on the side of the common people”
“Henry was thinking of the younger Holland sister of the way she could go from being an impetuous girl to a knowing woman in a few seconds and never lose the stars in her eyes.”
“Read everything you can on writing. Join online forums and critique groups, go to conferences, get feedback, and learn, learn, learn!”
“What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.”
“Nothing turns off an investor more than when an entrepreneur comes in with a ridiculous valuation.”
“You will not be asked about your culture in your grave. And you will not be judged based on your Father's last name. When the trumpet blares, there will be no more kings, only slaves. And your family traditions will not be able to keep you safe.”
“Those who remember New York in the 1970s, as I do, look back on a city that had hit a very rough patch - decaying, bankrupt, and crime-ridden. But fun.”
“As we get older it is our short term memory that fades rather than our long term memory. Perhaps we have evolved like this so that we are able to tell the younger generation about the stories and experiences that have formed us which may be important to subsequent generations if they are to thrive.I worry though, about what might happen to our minds if most of the stories we hear are about greed, war, and atrocity”

Source : Philippa Perry, The School of Life (2012). “How to Stay Sane”, p.75, Pan Macmillan

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