"When we change our daily lives - the way we think, speak and act - we change the world."

-- Nhat Hanh

#Thinking Quotes #Acting Quotes #World Quotes

“Her affection for him was now the breath and life of Tess's being; it enveloped her as a photosphere, irradiated her into forgetfulness of her past sorrows, keeping back the gloomy spectres that would persist in their attempts to touch herâ€”doubt, fear, moodiness, care, shame. She knew that they were waiting like wolves just outside the circumscribing light, but she had long spells of power to keep them in hungry subjection there.”
“I don't want to pick on Deutsche Bank, but I think the world of the regulated financial conglomerate, it is a strange thing. There is nothing in common between writing checks and running branch offices, issuing credit cards - those are good businesses, but they really have zero in common with M&A advice. They're a different customer.”
“We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.”
“Are you really going to catch us and take us back to Esther? We donâ€™t belong to her, you know.â€ Embarrassed, Victor stared at his shoes. â€œWell, children all have to belong to somebody,â€ he muttered. â€œDo you belong to someone?â€ â€œThatâ€™s different.â€ â€œBecause youâ€™re a grown-up?”
“What's devil to some is good to some others.”
“The leaf that spreads in the light is the only holiness there is. I haven't found holiness in the faiths of mortals, or in their music, not in their dreams: it's out in the open field, with the green rows looking at the sky. I don't know what it is, this holiness: but it's there, and it looks at the sky. Probably though this is some conditioning the Company installed to ensure I'd be a good botanist. Well, I grew up into a good one. Damned good.”
“Editing and post-production is so important with comedy.”
“From early infancy, it appears that our ability to regulate emotional states depends upon the experience of feeling that a significant person in our life is simultaneously experiencing a similar state of mind.”

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