"I try to be appreciative of what I have instead of bitter about what Iâ€™ve lost."

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Source : Jenny Lawson (2012). “Let's Pretend This Never Happened”, p.202, Penguin

Jenny Lawson

#Trying Quotes #Bitter Quotes #Appreciative Quotes

“I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to grow up for myself and then kind of re-enter the industry with a sound understanding of what my sensibilities and my values are as a relatively formed human being.”
“I want to score goals in every match, as many as possible.”
“I want to make meaningful music always - I think every artist does. We want our words and melodies to mean something to people, even if it is just one person.”

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“... I bid farewell to my readers in the hope that they have formed their own opinion as to the meaning of the word "combination".”
“I appreciate the good work that senators in both parties have put into trying to fix our broken immigration system. There are some good elements in this proposal, especially increasing the resources and manpower to secure our border and also improving and streamlining legal immigration. However, I have deep concerns with the proposed path to citizenship. To allow those who came here illegally to be placed on such a path is both inconsistent with rule of law and profoundly unfair to the millions of legal immigrants who waited years, if not decades, to come to America legally.”
“I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”
“Lists are how I parse and manage the world.”
“The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can; to act as though the eye of opportunity were always upon us. In the hundred-yard race the winner doesn't cross the tape line a dozen strides ahead of the field. He wins by inches. So we find it in ordinary business life. The big things that come our way are seldom the result of long thought or careful planning, but rather they are the fruit of seed planted in the daily routine of our work.”

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