"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim."

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Source : FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from Jun 26, 2012

Nora Ephron

#Life Quotes #Inspiring Quotes #Encouraging Quotes

“Nothing happens carelessly. Weâ€™re not brought into the world without reason, even though we may never understand the reason. An infant that lives an hour, that dies before it can lay eyes on those who made it, even that soul did not live without purpose: this is my sudden certainty.”
“Almost every person over 45, and definitely those who have ever smoked, should have a spirometry test.”
“When you observe yourself you must not condemn or approve what you see. If you tell a lie there is no need to judge your-self.”
“The discovery of a grey hair when you are brushing out your whiskers of a morningâ€”first fallen flake of the coming snows of ageâ€”is a disagreeable thing.... So are flying twinges of gout, shortness of breath on the hill-side, the fact that even the moderate use of your friend's wines at dinner upsets you. These things are disagreeable because they tell you that you are no longer youngâ€”that you have passed through youth, are now in middle age, and faring onward to the shadows in which, somewhere, a grave is hid.”
“I should be proud to have my memory graced, but only if the monument be placed... here, where I endured three hundred hours in line before the implacable iron bars.”
“stay as strong as you can and during the times you can't, let other people be strong for you.”
“Good design is innovative Gives a product utility Is aesthetic Makes a product easy to understand Is unobtrusive Is honest Is long-lived Is consistent down to the smallest detail Protects the environment Good design is as little design as possible.”
“A wanted pregnancy as much as a dreaded pregnancy can play differently than all one's previous imaginings.”

Source : "Abortion services aren't about selling soap powder or shoes" by Susie Orbach, www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2011.

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