"It was funny, Skip thought, how much attention children demanded the first few years of their lives and how hard adults strove ever after to get their attention."

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Source : Julie Smith (1996). “House of Blues”, Fawcett

Julie Smith

#Children Quotes #Years Quotes #Adults Quotes

“When I can't sleep, I don't count sheep. I count lovers. And by the time I reach 38 or 39, I'm asleep.”
“If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin Then mister youâ€™re a better man than I”
“Things didn't work between the two of them, because they loved the same person. He loved her and she loved herself”

Source : Ravinder Singh (2011). “Can Love Happen Twice?”, p.144, Penguin UK
“Laughter and happiness is what life should be about, thatâ€™s your remedy for everything.”
“One hundred artists introduce us to one hundred worlds.”

Source : "Abstract Expressionist Painting in America". Book by William Chapin Seitz, p. 136 : in Artists Club, January 8, 1952, 1983.
“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”
“When I was a teenager, 'Playboy' was the most interesting magazine in the world, and not just for the playmates. I liked the interviews and the stories, and all that, but nowadays most of the stuff in there doesn't interest me.”
“Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins.”

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