"The Italians have their priorities right: They're driven, they do their work, but they really enjoy the day-to-day and they don't put off the enjoyment of the everyday for some future goal."

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Source : "'Tuscan Sun' author on Italy's pleasures". Interview with A. Pawlowski, www.cnn.com. March 10, 2010.

Frances Mayes

#Goal Quotes #Priorities Quotes #Everyday Quotes

“I tried to always include my children in everything that I did. I traveled with them, I brought them with me to work, I tried to balance it between work and being a mother as best as I could.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement.”

Source : "Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education of the 21st Century". www.nwp.org. 2006.
“Marriage is the most advanced form of warfare in the modern world.”

Source : Malcolm Bradbury (1976). “The history man: a novel”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
“My beer has been universally well-liked beyond my most sanguine expectations. Cannot serve half my customers, and they are increasing every day.”
“Methamphetamine is a hideous drug. Meth makes a person become paranoid, violent, and aggressive - making them a serious threat to society and law enforcement. And maybe more importantly, meth users are a threat to their own children and families.”
“I think what children can handle and what they're interested in is much deeper than people assume. It's why sometimes we make things too simple for them.”
“I'm not a prophet. I'm not a teacher. I have no degrees. My degree is from the University of Life.”
“Be aware of the walls you build and what could be on the other side”

Source : Alice Clayton (2016). “The Cocktail Collection: Wallbanger, Rusty Nailed, and Screwdrivered”, p.206, Simon and Schuster

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