"Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in the living beauty of imagination for the stark disappointment of words."

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Source : Ann Patchett (2013). “This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage”, p.27, Harper Collins

Ann Patchett

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“I never met a rich man who was happy, but I have only very occasionally met a poor man who did not want to become a rich man.”
“Suffering for truth's sake Is fortitude to highest victory, And to the faithful death the gate of life.”
“I observed that the successful farmer worked at his job. He would do his plowing, disking, harrowing, seeding, and harvesting in the proper season and at the proper time, while his neighbor was procrastinating, or off hunting and fishing while the work was still to be done. We must learn to set our priorities straight. No one can be successful in his line of work unless he works at it in the proper season and plays in the proper season.”
“Black boxes are really important to our investigators. The cockpit voice recorder can give us insight into what's going on with the crew in the cockpit. The flight data recorders can give us insight into what's happening with the performance of the aircraft.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“With any show, when fans come up to you, they assume you're just like your character.”

Source : "Kaitlin Olson, Tualatin native, stars in 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'". Interview with Jake Ten Pas, www.oregonlive.com. September 15, 2010.
“Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”
“I got one entire song from fortune cookies (Land of Sunshine). On another one, I took words from different Frank Sinatra songs and pasted them together. Another one, I was just driving around and there was a piece of paper on the ground, so I stole it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The proud man hath no God; the envious man hath no neighbor; the angry man hath not himself.”

Source : Joseph Hall (1860). “Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testaments”, p.18

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