"Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography."

-- Anita Brookner

#Women Quotes #Simple Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher.”
“We want to appeal to everyone and get rich quick. We want to be millionaires. I've got this plan to buy Tasmania you see...”

Source : Interview with Sounds magazine, June 1976.
“Good dreams don't come cheap, you've got to pay for them and If you just dream when you're asleep this is no way for them to come alive... to survive.”
“These children and their parents know that getting an education is not only their right, but a passport to a better future - for the children and for the country.”
“I studied chemical engineering. I was a good student, but these were the hard times of the depression, my scholarship came to an end, and it was necessary to work to supplement the family income.”
“My interest was magic, believe it or not. I became an amateur magician and did something like 400 magic shows through my teen years.”
“To me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is.”

Source : "Tracing Her Roots". Interview With Sally Lodge, www.publishersweekly.com. March 7, 2005.
“The treatment you permit reveals the portray you have of yourself.”

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