"I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy."

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Source : Shirley Conran (1978). “Superwoman”, Outlet

Shirley Conran

#Lying Quotes #Secret Quotes #Lazy Quotes

“Nothing is more endangered in the modern world than the powerful combination of hard work toward meaningful goals joined with an exuberant embrace of the present moment.”
“No. I am not a royalist. Not at all. I am definitely a republican in the British sense of the word. I just don't see the use of the monarchy though I'm fierce patriot. I'm proud proud proud of being English, but I think the monarchy symbolizes a lot of what was wrong with the country.”
“Elegance comes from being as beautiful inside as outside.”
“If a remake is not good, no one wants to see it and, again, it doesn't hurt the original.”
“People do not care to give alms without some security for their money; and a wooden leg or a withered arm is a sort of draft upon heaven for those who choose to have their money placed to account there.”

Source : Henry Mackenzie (1820). “The man of feeling: and Julia de Roubigné, a tale”, p.18
“I always believed a singer should be able to sing any kind of song. If I wanted to sing a Cole Porter song, I should be able to do that. Or Sherry, I should be able to do that. Or a Dylan song.”
“A white girl disappears from a white prep school in a white suburb. Nobody knows what happened to her. The overall whiteness of the world is threatened. This must be resolved by whatever means possible.”

Source : Heidi Julavits (2008). “The Uses of Enchantment”, p.172, Anchor
“You can't cover people with perceptions because we are all different.”

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