"My father's motto has always been 'Room in the heart, room in the house.' As charming as this sounds, it translates into a long line for the bathroom and extra loads of laundry for my mother."

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Source : Firoozeh Dumas (2007). “Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America”, p.25, Random House

Firoozeh Dumas

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #Heart Quotes

“A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.”
“An affective response more appropriate to another's situation than one's own.”
“And do respect the women of the world; remember you all had mothers.”
“I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.”
“From a purely tourist standpoint, Oxford is overpowering, being so replete with architecture and history and anecdote that the visitor's mind feels dribbling and helpless, as with an over-large mouthful of nougat.”
“There's a story everywhere. Being bored to death someplace is basically a funny proposition. What you have to watch out for is you don't write a boring story about a boring place.”
“I really appreciate when someone can blow me away with live acoustic blues”
“If you're going to play a champion athlete, people expect you to look a certain way, and you also have to have the stamina to be able to continue to perform.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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