"Her theme was happiness: what it was; what it was not; where we might find it, where not; and how, if found, it must be guarded. Never must we confound it with pleasure. Nor think sorrow its exact opposite."

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Source : Mary Lavin (1981). “Selected stories”, Viking Pr

Mary Lavin

#Happiness Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Opposites Quotes

“Human beings do not relate to written words in the same way that they will relate to spoken words. They do not relate to music in the same way that they do to pictures. It's all different parts of our head, different parts of our minds processing this.”
“I would put myself towards left of center.”
“Technological advance often thrives in sheltered and subsidized markets, which defy free trade.”

Source : Robert Kuttner (1987). “The Economic Illusion: False Choices Between Prosperity and Social Justice”, p.97, University of Pennsylvania Press
“The essence of cross-cultural communication has more to do with releasing responses than with sending messages. It is more important to release the right response than to send the right message.”
“Often, to be free means the ability to deal with the realities of one's own situation so as not to be overcome by them.”
“Siddharth accepts me in the way I am. In the first few months of marriage I got bogged down by the notion that I had to juggle between handling home duties and starting work on a new film. He explained I needn't be a superwoman. He understands that if he could go out to work and end up neglecting things at home, so could I.”
“I don't eat bread.' Is she pouting? It's hard to tell. She's had a lot of chemicals injected into her face.”
“You can live your whole life in your brain and not experience what's around you. You go crazy that way. That's why I have to watch myself when I get isolated for too long.”

Source : FaceBook post by Fiona Apple from Jun 22, 2012

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