"Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality."

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Mignon McLaughlin

#Loneliness Quotes #Insomnia Quotes #Reality Quotes

“My basic mistake in 'The World's Greatest Lover' was that I made the leading character a neurotic kook and sent him to Hollywood. I should have made him a perfectly normal, sane, ordinary person, and sent him to Hollywood. The audience identifies with the lead character.”
“Happiness doesn't depend on the actual number of blessings we manage to scratch from life, only our attitude towards them....”
“The rain fluctuates between drizzle and torrential. It messes with your mind. It makes you think things will always be like this, never getting better, always letting you down right when you though the worst was over.”
“BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined.”
“Real life security and contentment come not from putting a gun in the cupboard, but from taking a role in the world's future.”

Source : Bob Brown (2012). “Memo For A Saner World”, p.17, Penguin UK
“I made my first investment at age eleven. I was wasting my life up until then.”
“Trying to compromise EXCELLENCE, is like trying to let a little bit of air out of a balloon with a hat pin.”
“I don't think paintings of nude women represent all women, but at the same time, I can't fault artists for putting out what inspires and challenges them. But for me, I'm not sure it's necessary for our bodies to define us, especially now when there are so many examples of femininity, of womanhood.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com

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