"It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone what it compares its situation to that can make anyone happy or miserable. Compare it to something better - result envy, frustration and sadness. Compare it to something worse - relief, gratitude and happiness."

-- Roger L'Estrange

#Gratitude Quotes #Sadness Quotes #Frustration Quotes

“On the other hand when you are someone who records their own songs you are basically stuck writing for one voice and for one style that can stifle you a bit. It's a real trade off.”

Source : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 22, 2002.
“Nebraska is proof that hell is full and the dead are walking the earth.”

Source : Lizz Winstead (2012). “Lizz Free or Die: Essays”, p.66, Penguin
“We live" writes Pursewarden somewhere, "lives based upon selected fictions. Our view of reality is conditioned by our position in space and time - not by our personalities as we like to think. Thus every interpretation of reality is based upon a unique position. Two paces east or west and the whole picture is changed.”
“God is never late, we're just impatient.”
“Cougar jokes are now as hackneyed as airplane food.”
“My feet are like something from another age - prehistoric and troll-like. I keep expecting them to talk, they have that much character.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2011.
“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations; your conscious expands in every direction; and you find yourself in a great, new and wonderful world.”
“Society has never barred women from bread-winning roles, but only from economic roles that are profitable and respectable.”

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