"The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances."

-- Paul Getty

#Cynical Quotes #Way Quotes #Events Quotes

“One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience.”
“As a woman you are better off in life earning your own money. You couldn't prevent your husband from leaving you or taking another wife, but you could have some of your dignity if you didn't have to beg him for financial support.”

Source : Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2008). “Infidel”, p.144, Simon and Schuster
“And some small gnarled place inside me hated her for her weakness, for her neglect, for the months she had put us through. I had taken a step back from my mother, put up a wall to protect myself from needing her, and nothing was ever the same between us again.”
“Understand the obstructions you are putting in the way of love, freedom, and happiness and they will drop. Turn on the light of awareness and the darkness will disappear. Happiness is not something you acquire; love is not something you produce; love is not something you have; love is something that has you.”
“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.”
“Some people are just not going to like me and they're not going to like my work. But that doesn't mean I'm a bad person.”
“Recipes are just descriptions of one personâ€™s take on one moment in time. Theyâ€™re not rules.”

Source : "The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons From Extraordinary Lives". Book by Katie Couric, www.today.com. 2011.
“I don't think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family.”

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