"Change is one thing. Acceptance is another."

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Source : Arundhati Roy (2002). “The God of Small Things”, p.279, Penguin Books India

Arundhati Roy

#Healing Quotes #Acceptance Quotes #Teens Quotes

“Because I couldn't go for three.”
“I don't believe in weak women,Â I believe women in general are pretty powerful beings. I don't know anything else.”
“If you want access to the files of valuable information in a computer, you must understand how to retrieve the data by asking for it with the proper commands. Likewise, what enables you to get anything you want from your own personal databanks is the commanding power of asking questions.”
“I think listening to people is helpful.”
“The partisan wants to change the law, the criminal break it; the anarch wants neither. He is not for or against the law. While not acknowledging the law, he does try to recognize it like the laws of nature, and he adjusts accordingly.”
“How wise are they that are but fools in love!”

Source : "How a man may choose a Good Wife" by Josh Cooke, (Act I); Attributed in "Dictioanry of National Biography", 1970.
“He would find a way to make it work, because he finally understood that sometimes you have to raise your expectations. And sometimes you need to make a claim on the world and the people you love to get what you most desire”
“In leading-edge companies like Google and Apple, workers are given much freedom and opportunity to play. They know that's an important component of creating new and better products. I believe that at whatever level of work, cashier at a supermarket, janitor at an airport, aide in a cubicle, the addition of a playful attitude makes the job better and the work more enjoyable. A cashier or janitor who smiles and is friendly gets a better response than a surly one.”

Source : Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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