"The first thing I did when I made a little bit of money as a singer was to buy myself an amber necklace. This is often the way we put together our lives, adding the striking qualities of others into our own character."

-- Renee Fleming

#Character Quotes #Quality Quotes #Together Quotes

“I think you've got to keep it simple, keep it fresh. Stay away from all that processed stuff, read the labels.”
“Karaoke is the great equalizer.”

Source : Aisha Tyler (2005). “Swerve: Reckless Observations of a Postmodern Girl”, Plume Books
“Forcing yourself to shiver is one of the hardest things on your muscles and isometrics.”
“It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.”
“It is winter time, my friend; buy couple of breads; find a place calm and quiet and feed the birds; and for this action of yours, ask no more reward than their cheerful singings!”
“A white truffle, which elsewhere might sell for hundreds of dollars, seemed easier to come by than something fresh and green. What could be got from the woods was free and amounted to a diurnal dining diary that everyone kept in their heads. May was wild asparagus, arugula, and artichokes. June was wild lettuce and stinging nettles. July was cherries and wild strawberries. August was forest berries. September was porcini.”
“Every person in the AA program who's successful is living proof that he or she does have power over addictive drugs and alcohol- the power to stop.”
“I think that if we just listen to ourselves we know what it is we have to do . . . . And I have come o think that however much it hurts, however hard it is, we have to listen. We have to live our lives.”

Source : Linda Olsson (2007). “Astrid and Veronika”, p.106, Penguin

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