"I thought about the difference between a mama's girl and a daddy's girl. I decided that a daughter who belongs to her daddy expects gifts, while a daughter who belongs to her mama expects a lot more. Not from her mama. From herself."

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Source : Victoria Bond, T.R. Simon (2010). “Zora and Me”, p.69, Candlewick Press

Victoria Bond

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“It's so difficult, isn't it? To see what's going on when you're in the absolute middle of something? It's only with hindsight we can see things for what they are.”

Source : S J Watson (2011). “Before I Go To Sleep”, p.266, Random House
“Let me say that the credit belongs to the boys in the back rooms. It isn't the man who sits in the limelight like me who should have the praise.”
“I think about that all of the time and I have this fantasy that I am going to work at a museum someday! I would love to do something like that!”
“We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner.”
“Do work that matters. Vale la pena”
“One of the reasons that millionaires are economically successful is that they think differently.”

Source : Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko (1996). “The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy”, p.11, Government Institutes
“Wave after wave has brought to our shores beautiful and mysterious treasures from unknown worlds: figurines, animals, fetishes, masks, ceremonial or useful objects. They are called Primitive for want of a better name...What could never have been written is there, all the dreams and anguishes of man. The hunger for food and sex and security, the terrors of night and death, the thirst for life and the hope for survival.”
“Actually, 19 is in charge of our career at that point. FOX publicity is in charge of the publicity that we get. I'm fine with it, it is really organized.”

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