"One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are."

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Source : Gail Godwin (2011). “The Finishing School”, p.5, Ballantine Books

Gail Godwin

#Friendship Quotes #Appreciation Quotes #People Quotes

“It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.”
“It's dangerous faith in our untamed Savior that leads us to the joy we crave.”
“Let passion reach a catastrophe and it submits us to an intoxicating force far more powerful than the niggardly irritation of wine or of opium. The lucidity our ideas then achieve, and the delicacy of our overly exalted sensations, produce the strangest and most unexpected effects.”
“Donâ€™t put clothes on food. Itâ€™s supposed to be naked.”
“Jesus Christ was the only one capable of performing the magnificent Atonement because He was the only perfect man and the Only Begotten Son of God the Father. He received His commission for this essential work from His Father before the world was established. His perfect mortal life devoid of sin, the shedding of His blood, His suffering in the garden and upon the cross, His voluntary death, and the Resurrection of His body from the tomb made possible a full Atonement for people of every generation and time.”
“When I was I younger I didn't want to be gay. Not because I was scared of the sexual thing; I didn't want to be a clone. Now this was in the late '70s.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I love people, and I'm excited that I can turn them on.”
“It's not really difficult to go from one voice into the next. It's like asking you to sing a line of Happy Birthday and then Goodnight Irene - assuming you know the words to both those songs”

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