"...she considered herself unconventional..."

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Source : Anna Godbersen (2009). “Rumors”, p.26, Harper Collins

Anna Godbersen

#Unconventional Quotes

“So say Iâ€™m your mom.' 'What?' I said. 'Iâ€™m your mom,' he repeated. 'Now tell me you want to quit modeling.' I could feel myself blushing. 'I canâ€™t do that,' I said. 'Why not?' he asked. 'Is it so hard to believe? You think Iâ€™m not a good role-player?' 'No,' I said. 'Itâ€™s justâ€“' 'Because I am. Everyone wanted me to be their mother in group.' I just looked at him. 'I justâ€¦ Itâ€™s weird.' 'No, itâ€™s hard. But not impossible. Just try it.' A week earlier, I hadnâ€™t even known what color his eyes were. Now, we were family. At least temporarily.”
“The sober comfort, all the peace which springs from the large aggregate of little things.”
“In the richest country in the history of the world, this Obama economy has crushed the middle class. Family income has fallen by $4,000, but health insurance premiums are higher, food prices are higher, utility bills are higher, and gasoline prices have doubled. Today more Americans wake up in poverty than ever before.”
“I am a country boy and proud of it.”
“...there's nothin' in life that's worth doin', if it cain't be done from a horse...”
“Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.”

Source : Sam Walter Foss, “The House By The Side Of The Road”
“It's the occasion that makes the revolution.”
“It's no use practicing too much. First you have to find out how to do it best. You have to be able to invent ways of doing better. Not only practice; obviously you have to practice. But to invent things how to do better. If somebody doesn't know what invention means, he should stop violin playing! You can't explain everything... Not practicing only: Think how to achieve quality.”

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