"When one misses an opportunity one is apt to fancy that another will never present itself."

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Source : Marie Bashkirtseff (1891). “Letters of Marie Bashkirtseff”, London : Cassell

Marie Bashkirtseff

#Regret Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Missing Quotes

“I wish i could tell you that through the tragedy i mined some undiscovered, life-altering absolute that i could pass on to you.I didn't.The cliches apply-people are what count,life is precious,materialism is over rated, and the little things matter,live in the moment-and i can repeat them to you ad nauseam.you might listen, but you won't internalize.Tragedy hammers it hm.Tragedy etches into your soul.You might not be happier.But you will be better.”
“It is not the ought-ness of the problem that we have to consider, but the is-ness!”
“When you get frustrated you try to do too much, you try to make stuff up that's not there, and you play outside yourself.”
“All great ideas are dangerous.”
“A problem shared is a problem doubled.”
“Children are sensitive and receptive to the thoughts of others about them, and often outpicture the fears of their parents.”
“Even as a kid in drawing class, I had real ambition. I wanted to be the best in the class, but there was always some other feller who was better; so I thought, It cant be about being the best, it has to be about the drawing itself, what you do with it. Thats kind of stuck with me.”

Source : Source: theindiespiritualist.com
“As far as I am concerned, collectively, the right wing of the blogosphere is the 'boy who called traitor.' Not a week goes by when I hear that so and so should be ostracized because they are a treasonous rat, they are a commie symp, whatever.”

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