"A thought experiment courtesy of the Stoics. If you are tired of everything you possess, imagine that you have lost all these things."

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Source : Jenny Offill (2014). “Dept. of Speculation”, p.45, Granta Books

Jenny Offill

#Tired Quotes #Imagine Quotes #Courtesy Quotes

“I think that I've just kind of found my niche, if that makes sense. I still write the same, but I feel like I've found what separates me and I always try to stay in that when I write. It took me a long time to discover that, so I try to be protective.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“Surround yourself with problem solvers, not problem creators.”

Source : Robert J. Ringer (2000). “Getting what You Want: The Seven Principles of Rational Living”, Putnam Publishing Group
“I have stolen more quotes and thoughts and purely elegant little starbursts of writing from the Book of Revelation than anything else in the English language - and it is not because I am a biblical scholar, or because of any religious faith, but because I love the wild power of the language and the purity of the madness that governs it and makes it music.”
“Cerise ran through the course in her mind. â€œThree miles, stream on the right, Mozer Lake, Tinybear, Bigbear, Millerâ€™s Path.â€ She paused, not sure if sheâ€™d said it correctly. â€œThree miles, stream on the right, Mozer Lake, Tinybear, Bigbear, Millerâ€™s Path.â€ â€œThank you, Dora. Put the sword back into Backpack and weâ€™ll go.â€ He nodded at the river. â€œWho is Dora?â€ â€œYou are. Dora the Explorer. Vamanos. Put the sword away or I will take it from you.”
“Adolescents' immature thinking makes it difficult for them to process the divorce. They tend to see things in black-and-white terms and have trouble putting events into perspective. They are absolute in their judgments and expect perfection in parents. They are likely to be self-conscious about their parent's failures and critical of their every move. They have the expectations that parents will keep them safe and happy and are shocked by the broken covenant. Adolescents are unforgiving.”

Source : Mary Pipher (2005). “Reviving Ophelia”, p.120, Penguin
“I don't think every movie should be made in 3-D, and it should depend on whether it's one of these films that's more immersive or needs to be taken to another world. I'm interested in other formats.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Sometimes little things can prolong an experience in a way that you run over budget. It's very scientific; a lot of people don't understand the science that goes behind making a film.”
“Affections injured by tyranny, or rigor of compulsion, like tempest-threatened trees, unfirmly rooted, never spring to timely growth”

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