"Men are not very good at loving, but they are experts at admiring and respecting; the woman who goes after their admiration and respect will often come out better than she who goes out after their love."

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Source : Florence King (1990). “Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye”, p.50, Macmillan

Florence King

#Respect Quotes #Men Quotes #Admiration Quotes

“The government gave me enough money to go to acting school.”
“When you get into fashion, when you're not yet working in fashion, you have this idea about what the fashion world is: that it's very glamorous, it's the red carpet, it's very editorial. But really, what you don't understand until you get into it, is what goes on the rest of the time, which is just hard work. Besides passion and dedication, it's the grit. How long are you willing to be in it to become successful?”

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“I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.”
“Words were her plague and words were her redemption.”

Source : Hilda Doolittle (1981). “HERmione”, p.67, New Directions Publishing
“Fatherhood is the unending imperfect task of turning yourself into your dad while secretly maintaining the unbridled elation of your boyhood”
“I'd say my greatest fear is fear itself.”
“The person you call an enemy is an exaggerated aspect of your own shadow self.”
“The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.”

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