"The surest way of spoiling a pleasure [is] to start examining your satisfaction."

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C. S. Lewis

#Way Quotes #Satisfaction Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“The market is a very emotional place that appeals to fear and greed.”
“They may be smarter than you. They may have more money than you. They may come from a different city or a better family. But they can NEVER outwork you. And they can NEVER outprepare you. And they just can't outpractice you. And that's why you'll win.”
“There's nothing quite so irritating to an author as a family member's easy confidence that, of course, the book will come.”

Source : Carolyn Hart (2009). “Dead Man's Island”, p.318, Crimeline
“Charm was the luxury of those who still believed in the essential rightness of things. In purity and picket fences.”
“A small town is nothing but eyes and gaping maw; it pecks at its own like a flock of vicious birds.”

Source : Sonya Hartnett (2006). “Surrender”, Candlewick Press (MA)
“Some cultures don't have a separate word for music and dance. To my knowledge, this notion of listening to music without dancing is a Western creation. I can't think of any artist that I love that doesn't inspire movement in some form or another. I guess Tangerine Dream or early Vangelis or something like that, you're not really going to dance. But on the whole, I feel like dancing and music are so naturally intertwined. I feel like subconsciously, that's the goal whenever I'm working on music. It's kind of the defining thing: Does it got some funk to it, basically?”
“I don't photograph life as it is, but life as I would like it to be,”
“I think the most enduring lesson I was taught through my experiences of being a Girl Scout was that I was a member of a larger community. I out-grew my uniforms and badges years ago, but the memories of visiting nursing homes or organizing Earth Day tree plantings or my summers camping with girls from all different backgrounds will stay with me always.”

Source : "Girls Scouts' 100th Anniversary a Time to Reflect", abcnews.go.com. March 12, 2012.

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