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“Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.”
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“We have a visceral reaction to the idea that anyone would make very much money helping other people. Interesting that we don't have a visceral reaction to the notion that people would make a lot of money NOT helping other people.”
Source : "The way we think about charity is dead wrong". TED conference, www.ted.com. March 2013.
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“When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection.”
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“The thing about hearts is that they always want to keep beating”
Source : Elizabeth Scott (2009). “Living Dead Girl”, p.48, Simon and Schuster
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“I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China, which is supposedly the tea of eternal youth. It's called Silver Needle. It's unbelievably expensive, but I get it on the Web.”
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“I'm horrified most of the time. I wish it was more complicated, but at the same time, each time I try to complicate it I hate it because I hate the idea of writing to impress.”
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“I had to jump out of a plane! The shoot was for an editorial for a magazine; and it called for skydiving.”
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“If I had a euro for every stupid thing I've done, I could buy the Mona Lisa.”
Source : Stephanie Perkins (2013). “Anna and the French Kiss”, p.188, Usborne Publishing Ltd