"It seems to me that a man who can think straight along for forty-seven years without changing a single idea ought to be kept in a cabinet as a curiosity."

-- Jean Webster

#Thinking Quotes #Men Quotes #Years Quotes

“You have to act and act now.”
“My ambition is to not have to work any more. In 10 years I want to stop, and I want to be living with my family, taking care of my house. I want to be a housewife.”

Source : "Viva La Vega". Interview with Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2005.
“My two boys were the same ages as the kids in the show. In real life or in between the breaks I was raising two kids off camera who were not unlike the two kids who were being paid to be my kids.”
“You grew old first not in your own eyes, but in other people's eyes; then, slowly, you agreed with their opinion of you.”

Source : Julian Barnes (1986). “Staring at the sun”, Jonathan Cape
“I take the family shopping round. The markets of the world.”
“For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency. If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic. People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness. People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware. Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world. Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional. The art of love is largely the art of persistence.”
“We must travel in the direction of our fear.”

Source : "A Point of Age" l. 42 (1948)
“To earn more, you must learn more.”

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