"My father died when I was two years old. But my mother was quite capable. She raised three children with his war pension which was peanuts. Yet we did not want for anything. We grew up with a certain parsimony, which is a nice thing. Then if life gives you more good, otherwise you get used to. I'm still thrifty."

-- Giulio Andreotti

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Father Quotes

“A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn't like to play against”
“I had been a journalist in Europe and then went to divinity school in the early 1990s, and came out as somebody who had the perspective of a journalist and was now also theologically educated.”
“God is the creator of all things.”
“It's nervous work. The state you need to write in is the state that others are paying large sums of money to get rid of.”
“The game of life is the game of everlasting learning. At least it is if you want to win.”
“[On her thinness:] It's not what you'd call a figure, is it?”
“The waltz is a very important part of my life. It's a very important way for me to express my positiveness, bringing humor to the world.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.”

Source : Elizabeth Gaskell (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)”, p.3149, Delphi Classics

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