"When I was 40, I used to wonder what people thought of me. Now I wonder what I think of them."

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Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Brooke Astor

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Wonder Quotes

“My dad used to call me "yeah but" because no matter what the answer was I always wanted to explore why things were what they were and how they might be different.”

Source : Source: yourmcmurraymagazine.com
“As far as many statistical series that are related to activities of mankind are concerned, the date that divides human history into two equal parts is well within living memory. The world of today is as different from the world I was born in as that world was from Julius Caesar s. I was born in the middle of human history, to date, roughly. Almost as much has happened since I was born as happened before.”
“So, as one sees, I by no means deprive my world of stubborn reality, if I merely call it a world of ideas.”
“Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.”
“Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself. But if you want to have a good harvest, the most important thing is to make the soil rich and cultivate it well.”
“After long absence, of return / To my dear home - Oh, happiness! / To lie in blissful consciousness / Of all around: The picture there - / The books - the flower-glass filled with care / By a kind hand - And then to know, / 'Twas but to rise, and meet below / Such a heart's welcome!”

Source : Caroline Anne Southey (1836). “The birth-day; a poem: to which are added, occasional verses”, p.267
“Direct and easy communications â€” freedom of speech in all forms and in its broadest sense â€” has become vital to the very survival of a civilized humanity.”
“I really think more about being honest and truthful about feelings and how people behave for the movies that I direct, but I also love movies like Zohan and Anchorman, just balls to the wall, how much can you make people laugh in one 90 minute period.”

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