"There's nothing like losing yourself in someone else's troubles to make you forget your own."

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Source : Therese Anne Fowler (2013). “Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald”, p.243, Macmillan

Therese Anne Fowler

#Losing Quotes #Forget Quotes #Trouble Quotes

“... black women have always found that in the social order of things we're the least likely to be believed--by anyone.”
“Other extremely alluring traits in people are simplicity and naturalness. Simplicity and naturalness are never painfully obvious qualities, and yet which I come across them in a person, I get this sense of a firm foundation and of a direct access to truth.”
“If I could be lucky enough to just have radio as the base for the rest of my life, I could build off that. No matter how successful I become, I always look at radio as the only skill set I can really call on. I even know how to operate the boards.”
“If you want to double your success ratio, you have to double your failure ratio.”

Source : FaceBook post by Harvey Mackay from Apr 11, 2012
“But if you're looking to be spooked by really tall trees then you've got to go to Washington State.”
“The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, ("to think") and tra ("tool'). So the literal translation is "a tool of thought." And that's how mantras are used in Buddhist and Hindu practices, as tools that clear your mind of distractions. Because when you focus on repeating that mantra over and over again, soon the noise will die down and all you will hear is your inner voice.”
“I think doing something creative is the most important thing to me, and I think it's probably just good for the soul for anyone, whatever it is. You don't have to be a film director - you can do gardening or something - but I think everyone needs to create something.”
“... a lively imagination can exercise itself most fully and creatively in conjuring up magnificent combinations.”

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