"She succumbed to the eternal feminine passion for bargains."

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Georgette Heyer

#Passion Quotes #Feminine Quotes

“Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.”
“It's the feeling right from the beginning that the government is not on your side, the government thinks you're going to use this opportunity to cheat them, even though you've just been through this huge trauma.”

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“You have to calendar time for yourself even if you have no idea what youre going to do with it.”
“The gospel of cheerfulness, I had almost said the gospel of amusement, is preached by people who lack experience to people who lack vitality. There is a vague impression that the world would be a good world if it were only happy, that it would be happy if it were amused, and that it would be amused if plenty of artificial recreation - that recreation for which we are now told every community stands responsible - were provided for its entertainment.”
“Even from my sickbed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel that something is going wrong, I will get up. Those who believe that after I have left the government as prime minister, I will go into a permanent retirement really should have their heads examined.”
“Duty is not collective; it is personal.”
“I never go to the cinema. I can't stand sitting in the dark with strangers -- all of us obliged to share the same emotional experiences -- it's too intimate. I like to be emotional in private.”

Source : Peter Greenaway (1999). “Eight and a half women”, Dis Voir Editions
“When you create something that connects, your story will travel faster than ever before.”

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