"People hear what they want and expect to hear, not what is said."

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Fay Weldon

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Expectations Quotes

“Business as usual is dead. Green growth is the answer to both our climate and economic problems”
“Silence allows you to watch your mind and become aware of the thoughts that you may be acting on unconsciously. When you see the thoughts, you can make a conscious choice to act on the thought or change your mind, instead of going along with the noise. I have seen people who don't want to look at themselves keep going until something happens that makes them stop â€” a sickness or an accident â€” but it gives them that reflective, quiet space where they can face what is difficult in their mind. We each have a unique purpose to fulfill in this life and inklings can come in those quiet moments.”
“Ours is a world which feels so unsettled and dangerous in large ways, whether its terrorism or global financial meltdown or climate change - huge things that affect us deeply, and yet things about which we can do, individually, very little.”
“You could be going to have supper with someone who happens to be male, and all of a sudden he is your boyfriend of nine months... and I am cheating on my existing boyfriend.”

Source : "Caprice Bourret...the sexiest fish in the pond". www.askmen.com.
“The people of Wisconsin have been good to me. I've tried to live up to their trust. And now I ask those hardworking men and women, and millions like them across America, to join our cause and get this country working again. When Governor Romney asked me to join the ticket, I said, 'Let's get this done' - and that is exactly, what we're going to do.”
“You are always someones favorite unfolding story”
“The journey has been incredible from its beginning.”
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.”

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