"She wanted out of the decorating scheme."

-- Jeffrey Eugenides

#Schemes Quotes #Decorating Quotes #Wanted Quotes

“If necessary, I cry. I pray. I rest. I'm fortunate to have quite a few strong, independent, loving, and unbiased women in my life that I can talk things through with.”

Source : "Empire Actor Grace Gealey: Gratitude and Forgiveness". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. January 27, 2015.
“I loved going along with Alice Steinbach as she goes off on this rare, wonderful adventure, an escape into discovering herself and some of the truly magical places in this world.”
“The best place to succeed is where you are with what you've got.”
“Nobility is expensive, nonproductive, and parasitic, siphoning away too much of societyâ€™s energy to satisfy its frivolous cravings.”
“I know my mind is made of matter but I need to know exactly what is the matter at it's core? Because my heart is just a muscle and simply put, it's sore.”

Source : Song: Rain Check, Album: Educated Guess, 2004
“Part of knowing ourselves is also being able to accept who we are and to value ourselves regardless of our flaws. Accepting who we are allows us to value our worth without conditions or reservations.”
“Money has to undergo a metamorphosis again, it has to relinquish its role in the market economy and engage in an economy of capacities. Then we would be concerned with human creative productivity. And we would come full circle, since each human being can then act within his company as co-creator of the future, can - in full dignity - contribute to shaping this future.”
“Great individuals make great successes out of failure.”

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