"There's precious little comes of telling people what they don't want to hear ..."

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Source : Martha Ostenso (1932). “Prologue to Love”, New York : Dodd, Mead

Martha Ostenso

#People Quotes #Advice Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current.”
“You know, London is so sprawling, and you can sometimes forget that anybody else is on a stage anywhere else.”
“I've been back home since November and gradually all connections with my HP life have been fading. Itâ€™s gotten to the point where I feel like it was a dream because everything has gone back almost exactly to how it was before it all happened. It's possible to forget and itâ€™s only when someone asks â€˜whenâ€™s the movie coming out?â€™ that I remember 'oh yes, that'.”
“George Clooney sort of lost his 'George Clooney-ness' the first day I met him. He's not George Clooney in my eyes - he's George from Kentucky with an awesome, awesome heart.”
“If I'm going to do something a little bit more adult, I'll do it if it's going to be on at a different time slot or if it's going to be something that kids won't be able to get their hands on”
“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.”
“We are a nation of shop keepers.”

Source : Apsley Cherry-Garrard (2013). “The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctica, 1910-1913”, p.463, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“It's been a dream to play in the NFL and hopefully after next year that becomes a reality, but I wouldn't pass up being here with my teammates and coaches for anything.”

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