"Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource."

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Bell Hooks

#Mean Quotes #Giving Quotes #Important Quotes

“Good health, longevity, happiness, a loving family, self-reliance, fine friends â€¦ if you [have] five, youâ€™re a rich manâ€¦.”

Source : Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko (1996). “The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy”, p.208, Government Institutes
“Men still had faults, and men will have them still; He that hath none, and lives as angels do, Must be an angel.”

Source : Wentworth Dillon (4th earl of Roscommon.) (1749). “The poetical works of ... Wentworth Dillon, earl of Roscommon”, p.46
“My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do.”
“I'm constantly making exhibitions in my head.”
“We dream of the perfect wave, the perfect job, the perfect house. When we get there, we dream of something else,”
“One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.”
“Intertwingularity is not generally acknowledged - people keep pretending they can make things deeply hierarchical, categorizable and sequential when they can't. Everything is deeply intertwingled.”

Source : "Computer Lib". Book by Ted Nelson, p. 42 / Dream Machines p.45, 1974.
“The things you don't have control over, you don't worry about. I have control over my attitude, my perception, how I do things, and you do the very best job you can. Other people have control over other things and you let them do their jobs.”

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