"In looking around me seeking for miserable resources against the heaviness of time, I open a book and I say to myself, as the cat to the fox: I have only one good turn, but I need no other."

-- Suzanne Curchod

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“There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to another.”
“I want to be an artist you cannot categorize at all. You can't put a box around me. You can't put anything around me.”
“And the best way to quit being concerned with yourself is to be concerned about others.”

Source : Florinda Donner (1991). “Being-in-dreaming”, Harpercollins
“The society in which we live is the result of our psychological state.”
“You don't like the girl. You don't know what color eyes she has, you don't like her.”

Source : David Benioff (2008). “City of Thieves: A Novel”, p.40, Penguin
“It’s an old Orc axe, which means he’s been in battle. Orcs have killed members of his family, and he’s trying to find the Orc that did it to him so that he can give it back. But as the journey goes on, Bifur actually becomes more lucid. He becomes a bit more focused, and the journey is a bit healing for him.”
“I gave a talk on gender stuff at Facebook one morning and a man didn't come. It was optional; he didn't have to come. But he sent a note saying, "I missed your meeting because I drove my kids to school so my wife could do something else. Thank you for making that possible." I think that employee is a loyal employee for Facebook and I think more companies should want that kind of loyalty.”
“I am treated no different than the other girls.”

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