"That bad letters of every kind arise from want of the habit of thinking, I cannot doubt."

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Source : Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Related in a Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends”, p.174, London, R. Bentley

Mary Russell Mitford

#Thinking Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Letters Quotes

“Greed is permanent slavery”
“Back in the day, no one had digital cameras. They took these pictures of me, got them developed, and then mailed them to me.”

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“I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced.”
“If there's anything to be said in a broad way about different audiences it's that I live in a major city, and those themes of isolation, protectiveness, loneliness tend to resonate with other people in major cities. In a sleepier village, where people are married with their children, me standing up and saying, "This marriage idea is a funny old convention that we invented" - various things that are deconstructions of the norms of a culture - if people have already made decisions like that, they're more inclined to say "Please, stop talking about our marriages, 'cause we're here now."”

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“Golly, he's just a pest and your worst best friend, Who mend and rip space-time fabric like polyester blend.”
“I remember being in the same position as Ruby, when I no longer believed in God as I was raised to believe. But I still am a believer - it's a personality trait, to be someone who can believe. But then what do you believe in?”

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“What American people and what the markets want is a fair and level playing-field, where the rules are clearly elucidated, where the referees are competent, and where we know that the game is not rigged.”
“Our profession is very much like going to a cocktail party, you check out the guest list.”

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