"There is no support so strong as the strength that enables one to stand alone."

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Source : Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (1963). “Collected Stories”

Ellen Glasgow

#Strong Quotes #Support Quotes #Stand Alone Quotes

“There is some humor in Monsieur Lazhar and in all my other films, but this one I'll try to make a real comedy from start to finish. It's called Prescott Etc. because the name of the constituency is so long that everybody in the constituency just says Prescott Etc. I don't know if that's what it will be. It's a working title.”
“Golf giveth and golf taketh away. But it taketh away a hell of a lot more than it giveth.”
“Self-consciousness is the curse of the city and all that sophistication implies.”
“I used to wish I could write songs like the others - and I've tried but I just can't. I get the words all right, but whenever I think of a tune and sing it to the others they always say 'Yeah, it always sounds like such a thing' and when they point it out I see what they mean. But I did get a part credit as a composer on one - it was called What Goes On.”
“I never was someone who was at ease with happiness.”
“Let us shun everything, which might tend to efface the primitive lineaments of our individuality. Let us reflect that each one of us is a thought of God.”
“Historically Turkey hasn't had much success in attracting foreign investment. Slowly that is changing. There's a tradition of arbitrary decisions by government ministers and senior civil servants, which would ruin businesses from one day to the next, and which has tended to deter foreign investment. That's changing, and convergence with E.U. practices is a good thing in that it improves governance.”
“My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat.”

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