"Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance."

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Source : Elizabeth George (2003). “A Place of Hiding”, p.63, Bantam

Elizabeth George

#Disappointment Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Mind Quotes

“The Tragically Hip, more so than any other band I've worked with, approach their work like a team. This might sound way too pat, but they're like a great hockey team: all five of them have their roles. They go at their shows like an athletic event; they're in it to win it, and they'll lay it out there on the proverbial ice in order to win and get the crowd on their side. You can't do that when you just throw a band together. There's a sixth sense there that makes it easy.”
“What do I like in a girl? I like a girl that likes me, a girl that knows how to smile and see the bright side of things. A girl that makes me a better person.”
“Never rise from the table without having given due thanks to the Lord. If we act in this way, we need have no fear of the wretched sin of gluttony.”
“Thereâ€™s nothing like music to teach you that eventually if you work hard enough, it does get better. You see the results.”
“Keep your friends close and your enemies dead and buried in the basement.”
“A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.”
“The cow is an exceptionally loving and gentle creature. She cries for days when her calf is taken from her. It is a pitiful sound, a pitiful sound.”
“Wherefore, as I have said to you, I, God, have become man, and man has become God by the union of My Divine Nature with your human nature. This greatness is given in general to all rational creatures, but, among these I have especially chosen My ministers for the sake of your salvation, so that, through them, the Blood of the humble and immaculate Lamb, My only-begotten Son, may be administered to you.”

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