"How grateful are we--how touched a frank and generous heart is for a kind word extended to us in our pain! The pressure of a tender hand nerves a man for an operation, and cheers him for the dreadful interview with the surgeon."

-- William Makepeace Thackeray

#Gratitude Quotes #Pain Quotes #Cheer Quotes

“What time is it on the clock of the world?”
“I had the most fantastic time filming 'Downton.'”

Source : "Game Of Thrones: Rose Leslie On Joining The Series & Playing Ygritte". Interview with Jolie Lash, www.accesshollywood.com. May 3, 2012.
“We all agree that parents have the primary responsibility of filtering the material that reaches children. However, children are often lured onto websites containing obscene material through the devious manipulation of search engines.”
“I think "God" is an off-putting word. I don't think there's a name for this. I think it's a presence that is best for us, but unfortunately, it can't intervene if we don't ask it, and religion has us talking to the wall because the god that religion is selling isn't the reality.”
“I'm realistic about my age and realistic about the fact that there's an awful lot less in front of me than there is behind me. I've always felt that music is an art form that deserves to live the life of the artist.”

Source : Source: www.americansuburbx.com
“The most amazing fact about Jesus, unlike almost any other religious founder, is that he found God in disorder and imperfectionâ€”and told us that we must do the same or we would never be content on this earth.”
“He wanted to grow old with her, or not grow old at all.”

Source : Eloisa James (2012). “The Ugly Duchess: Number 4 in series”, p.124, Hachette UK
“I've read about 80 books a year for the past 50 years. I come from cultural breeding. I don't have a cellphone. When you spend all your time checking your cellphone messages, or updating your Facebook (of course I don't have a Facebook page) then you don't have any time for reading.”

Source : "Meet Vaclav Smil, the Canadian polymath whose books Bill Gates is racing to read". Interview with Ritchie King, qz.com. August 08, 2013.

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