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Jean Ferris

"I'm starting to believe that happily ever after includes people doing things that upset each other. We all get cranky, or impatient, or worried, or careless enough to do or say things that hurt someone else. Like it or not, that's normal. We can't blame it all on Olympia's bad energy. The important part is that we feel sorry about what we've done and make up for it. That's something Olympia never did."

Source : Jean Ferris (2009). “Twice Upon a Marigold”, p.281, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Jean Ferris

#Hurt Quotes #Sorry Quotes #Believe Quotes

“I have a toothache today. I never seem to be able to rise above a toothache. It makes me want to howl, break things, pull noses, tweak ears, screech.”
“Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.”
“Listen closely. Thereâ€™s a remote possibility that you might learn something: First, I donâ€™t give a damn if my work is commercial or notâ€¦Iâ€™m the writer. If what I write is good, then people will read it. Thatâ€™s why literature exists. An author puts his heart and guts on the page. For your information, a good novel can change the world. Keep that in mind before you attempt to sit down at a typewriter. Never waste time on something you donâ€™t believe in yourself.”
“I hope to always be doing some low budget things.”

Source : Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. September 11, 2003.
“Artists put as much vitality and delight into their saintliness and escape out as most men do their escapes into similar places from respectable existence.”
“We have never heard of laundering in Macau; money laundering is unheard of. Mind you, my casino, every bit of money - someone says Stanley Ho, you issue me a check of so much money - we don't give that easy.”

Source : "Hong Kong Business Tycoon Stanley Ho TalkAsia Interview Transcript". Interview With Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. October 2, 2004.
“The whole time you're bouncing ideas off each other, you continue to try and push the songs as far as you can take them and make them the best that they can be.”
“The learning curve is 'The Hobbit' is being shot in 3D.”

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