"It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time."

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Barbara Kingsolver

#Memories Quotes #Mindfulness Quotes #Unnoticed Quotes

“A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.”

Source : Jean Genet (1994). “Miracle of the Rose”, p.19, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“If I had a million dollars, I just wouldn't just completely set back. I'd have to get out there and show my face to all these good people who like me, I have to get out there and show my face. The only thing that would set me back if I get sick or something or pass away, that's all you can do about that you know. But as long as I got my health goin' pretty good, I'll show up around here.”
“A lot of people are kind of depressed. I'm happy some of the time, and some of the time I'm not.”
“Sometimes the creating that we do is creating a platform that allows other creative people to pitch in.”
“In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them.”

Source : George Mikes (1986). “How to be a Brit: The Classic Bestselling Guide”, p.23, Penguin UK
“A million dollars isnâ€™t cool. You know whatâ€™s cool? A billion dollars.”
“Four characteristics constitute anyone who possesses them a sheer hypocrite, and anyone who possesses one of them possesses a characteristic of hypocrisy till he abandons it: when he is trusted he betrays his trust, when he talks he lies, when he makes a covenant he acts treacherously and when he quarrels he abuses.”
“If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.”

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