"It matters, it always matters, to name rubbish as rubbish ... to do otherwise is to legitimize it."

-- Salman Rushdie

#Names Quotes #Rubbish Quotes #Matter Quotes

“Do you mind even a little that you are still addicted to people-pleasing, and are still putting everyone elseâ€™s needs and laundry and career ahead of your creative, spiritual life? Giving all your life force away, to â€œhelpâ€ and impress. Well, your help is not helpful, and falls short.”
“Who lives content with little possesses everything.”
“It's better to regret what you have done than what you haven't.”

Source : "Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite". Book by Paul Arden, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2006.
“I'm a selective pack rat. There's some things I have no problem getting rid of and others I hold onto dearly.”
“It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?”

Source : Eleanor Porter (2003). “Pollyanna”, ePenguin
“For 10 or 11 years, I had my kids, I wrote four or five books, and I was working all the damn time.”
“Every character is asking: Whats my place? Why am I here? I dont want the answer to be Just because. You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.”
“A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war.”

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