"If we grow old wisely, we lay aside the senseless forms and meaningless conventions of society and go back to a more primitive mode of social intercourse, picking our friends the way children do, - because we like them, - spending time enough with them to get some real good out of them."

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Source : Mary Heaton Vorse (2007). “The Autobiography of an Elderly Woman”, p.57, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

Mary Heaton Vorse

#Friends Quotes #Children Quotes #Real Quotes

“We may either proceed from principles to facts, or recede from facts to principles”

Source : Henry Mayhew (1851). “London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopaedia of the Condition and Earnings of Those that Will Work, Those that Cannot Work, and Those that Will Not Work”, p.158
“Itâ€™s not about revenues: the fundamental economics in digital business is scale and margins. The top line has become the bottom line.”
“Just because I believed in what I was doing on the field and dedicated myself to playing the game, does that mean I'm cocky? Does that mean I'm arrogant?”
“Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.”

Source : Walter Mosley (2003). “What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace”, p.131, Black Classic Press
“I think the job of movie reviewing can be really tough. If a film has layers that need to be thought about, it's easy to get missed the first time around.”
“I think comedy has to be an intellectual pursuit. It comes down to logic and analysis. As soon as it becomes emotional, it's not comedy anymore.”
“A true leader doesn't just bring troubles; but bring solutions.”
“I felt totally myself, nothing like the emptiness and horrible feeling I had then [pulling out the Olympics] - no dizziness.”

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