"It is hard to hold on to friendships when people move away to another state or to another world."

-- Anne Roiphe

#Friendship Quotes #Moving Quotes #People Quotes

“When I was overweight and unhappy, I thought about being smaller, I thought about fitting into different clothes and feeling comfortable in any environment or social situation. But I didn't do anything about it. I was letting myself fall victim to not planning, not clarifying steps to reach my goals. Don't go on just wanting something. Start consciously planning where you want to be.”

Source : Ali VIncent (2010). “Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life”, p.144, Rodale
“I like doing business in a black city.”
“At first I had no skills in writing comedy. I didn't know what a joke was, but, as someone once told me, your emotions follow your intent. If you create the intention of starting a comedy act, slowly your mind starts adjusting and you arrive at a new emotional state.”
“For me, living means I can be responsive to the other person. It means I can show my emotions and my feelings. Talk to them. Feel with them â€¦”
“Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendor. Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender. Turn your face away from the garish light of day, turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light, and listen to the music of the night... Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams, purge your thoughts of the life you knew before. Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar, and live, as you never lived before!”
“All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.”
“I have completed and uncompleted screenplays, but they both fall into the category of â€œunsold.â€ I've seen quite a few movies where the screenplays seemed to be in the â€œuncompletedâ€ category yet still got sold and made into movies, so I generally refer too all screenplays as â€œsoldâ€ or â€œunsold.â€ But that's just my own filing system.”
“I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels”

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