"My life was my life; I would have to stare it down, somehow, and make it work for me."

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Source : Paula McLain (2011). “The Paris Wife: A Novel”, p.30, Ballantine Books

Paula McLain

#Staring Quotes

“The only difference between a RICH person and a POOR person is how they use their time.”
“Thatâ€™s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and theyâ€™ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.”
“With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the special effects guy and the lighting technician: I'm all of that. So if it's good or bad, it's all up to me.”
“The biggest reason was that when I started deejaying, I'd said that the other DJs in Japan were like salaried employees who I really didn't want to emulate because they didn't even know the titles of the songs they were playing - just that they were playing a hot track or whatever - which I didn't appreciate at all. I realized that I had become just like the kind of DJ that I used to hate, with no knowledge, so I decided that I needed to be honest with myself and quit.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked myself: does this person inspire me, genuinely love me and support me unconditionally? I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“People consider me a success because I'm a good football player and make lots of money. But if my heart's not right, if I'm not living a life pleasing to God, I'm a failure.”
“Kids don't have ruts yet that adults have carved into their minds. They're born logical. Crooked thinking has to be taught.”

Source : James P. Hogan (2007). “The Two Worlds”, p.360, Baen Publishing Enterprises
“We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.”

Source : William Godwin (1831). “Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author”, p.345

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