"Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Positive Quotes #Happiness Quotes #Temper Quotes

“[Rock and the intellectual Left] must both be interpreted as parts of the cultural fabric of late capitalism. Their success comes from the bourgeois' need to feel that he is not bourgeois.”
“The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse. It can keep a soul alive even if all that survives is a shimmering. I've even seen it. I've been bathed in it. I've been changed by it.”

Source : M. J. Rose (2016). “The Witch of Painted Sorrows: A Novel”, p.2, Simon and Schuster
“We had an eyeball-to-eyeball agreement at a restaurant before I came back that, if I came back, he would never talk to me that way again or I was simply saying no.”
“The civilized people of today look back with horror at their medieval ancestors who wantonly destroyed great works of art or sat slothfully by while they destroyed. We have passed this stage.... Here in the U.S. we turn our rivers and streams into sewers and dumping grounds, we pollute the air, we destroy our forests and exterminate fishes, birds and mammals - not to speak of vulgarizing charming landscapes with hideous advertisements. But at best it looks as if our people were awakening.”
“Sometimes my art is just an illusion - or is it?”
“If we did get a divorce, the only way my husband would find out about it is if they announced it on Wide World of Sports.”
“Jesus never said anything about homosexuality.”
“Be flexible be nuanced. It's important to open yourself up to new opportunities and experiences and not be afraid to take risks.”

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