"The fact is, the cocktail party has much in its favor. Going to one is a good way of indicating that you're still alive and about, if such is the case, and that you're glad other people are, without having to spend an entire evening proving it."

-- Peg Bracken

#Party Quotes #People Quotes #Alive Quotes

“We all faced painful ethical challenges before we even knew how to spell our names. There were tough choices. Tradeoffs. Confusing signals regarding how to live one's life. And here we are now, today, still struggling. Still trying to sort things out. Still trying to work our way through life effectively. About the only thing that has changed is the scope of the problem. There's more at stake now. And we're in a position, as grownups, to do a lot more-good or bad-for ourselves, our organization, our world. But we still must wrestle with our imperfect ethics.”
“Conflict is the very essence of life.”

Source : Mary Roberts Rinehart (2013). “The Album”, p.224, Overamstel Uitgevers
“The minute you hesitate you are in trouble.”
“A vision we give to others of who and what they could become has power when it echoes what the spirit has already spoken into their souls.”

Source : Larry Crabb (2005). “Connecting: Healing Ourselves and Our Relationships”, p.112, Thomas Nelson Inc
“I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.”
“I'll play anyone in Uno and crush them.”
“More people are going out to comedy shows than they were before.”
“That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.”

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