"Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great; All things give way before it, soon or late."

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#Giving Quotes #Way Quotes #Willpower Quotes

“When I was a kid, I was into psychological thrillers. When I was 12, my favorite movie was 'Thirteen.' I just really liked movies that showed an extreme range in acting. That's what made me want to become an actress.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I was so uncomfortable at a party recently when the conversation droned on about women who are constantly getting married. I was on the edge of my chair, close to squirming in embarrassment because I myself was guilty of four husbands. I finally leaned forward and squeaked, 'But one died!”
“Don't kill yourself, kill the part of you that you don't like.”
“Slowly, without taking his eyes from hers, the man in the black coat knelt before her. â€I have come for the girl in the window,â€ he said, and his eyes filled with tears”
“The real key to Jack's [Nicklaus] success was his fantastic ability to score. His drives sometimes went into the rough, but he could plow the ball out of the tallest grass and get it on the green; bad lies simply didn't affect him as they did the others. Jack also got tremendous height with his one-iron and two-iron, which meant that he could stop them better than his rivals.”
“If youâ€™re reading to find friends, youâ€™re in deep trouble. We read to find life, in all its possibilities. The relevant question isnâ€™t â€˜Is this a potential friend for me?â€™ but â€˜Is this character alive?'”
“I know you have it in you, Guy," Anne said suddenly at the end of a silence, "the capacity to be terribly happy.”
“Sometimes you have to travel back in time, skirting the obstacles, in order to love someone.”

Source : Frances Mayes (2014). “Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir”, p.245, Broadway Books

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