"Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential."

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Source : Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.254, Simon and Schuster

Jeannette Walls

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“On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.”
“We must let the world know childrenâ€™s stories and we must take effective protective, legal and political actions to ensure that as many children as possible are spared the brutalities of war. Our joint action has, and will, make a difference, if only we make the effort.”
“A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.”
“No one leaves a long-term relationship scot-free or without conflict.”
“I've always been endorsed by the National Rifle Association.”
“The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 559-60, De Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augustii Panegyris, 305, 1922.
“I realized, that the life of a musician, even of a very lucky, very successful musician, wasn't really the life I wanted: I hate travel, I hate living out of suitcases, I hate the constant anxiety of being on stage.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The writers I care about most and never grow tired of are: Shakespeare, Swift, Fielding, Dickens, Charles Reade, Flaubert and, among modern writers, James Joyce, T. S. Eliot and D. H. Lawrence. But I believe the modern writer who has influenced me most is Somerset Maugham, whom I admire immensely for his power of telling a story straightforwardly and without frills.”

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