"A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away."

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Ellen Glasgow

#Success Quotes #Independence Quotes #Credit Quotes

“Friends are God's apology for relations.”

Source : In Michael Holroyd Best of Hugh Kingsmill (1970) p. 12
“For great as the powers of destruction may be, greater still, are the powers of healing.”

Source : Starhawk (2011). “The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess: 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.51, Harper Collins
“The world is growing gentle, But few know what she owes To the understanding lily And the judgment of the rose.”

Source : Nathalia Crane (1928). “Venus Invisible: And Other Poems”
“Courtesy is the bedrock of social interchange. No matter what you're doing, even if you're fomenting revolution, you can still be courteous.”

Source : Joan M. Drury (2000). “Those Jordan Girls”, Spinsters Ink Books
“A third myth is that men think that women like guys who are dangerous. As a result, guys will often smoke cigarettes, drink too much, and ride a motorcycle without a helmet. The reality? Women don't like guys who are dangerous. Women want us to think that because women are trying to kill us.”
“The success of this album is very much in question. Who knows where it's going to go? My being a Spice Girl is no guarantee of anything, although I hope it'll benefit the sales.”
“No matter what techniques and what disciplines you go through, I think there is one factor more intangible and that is the motivation to pick yourself off the ground when you've been totally bloodied and smashed and say, 'Let's fight some more.'.”
“The reader is not the customer. The retailer is the customer. So I try to have as much interaction with the retailers as possible because those are my customers.”

Source : Interview with Christopher ZF, thestake.org. January 30, 2014.

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