"We are not merely tempered and schooled by failure but compelled, in however subtle a fashion, to become something other than we were."

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Source : "French Election: Hollandaise" by Anthony Lane, www.newyorker.com. May 7, 2012.

Anthony Lane

#Fashion Quotes #Subtle Quotes

“I love acting, so it's easy when you have a passion for it. I've always found the harder you work, the luckier you get.”
“I am what I am. Before I was not so proud to make fashion. My family thought fashion wasn't very interesting. So I hid that.”
“I've given no thought to moving to America at all.”
“Every cell in your body is seeking fulfillment through joy, beauty, love and appreciation.”
“It is not by great acts but by small failures that freedom dies. . . . Justice and liberty die quietly, because men first learn to ignore injustice and then no longer recognize it.”
“Sometimes, the stars line up, the gods smile, and love gets a fighting chance. Just a chance. That's all it can really hope for. No guarantees, no certainties”

Source : Tess Gerritsen (2015). “The Rizzoli & Isles Series 11-Book Bundle: The Surgeon, The Apprentice, The Sinner, Body Double, Vanish, The Mephisto Club, The Keepsake, Ice Cold, The Silent Girl, Last to Die, Die Again”, p.910, Ballantine Books
“Amy Sedaris makes me laugh harder than anybody.”
“All the trees are losing their leaves, and not one of them is worried.”

Source : FaceBook post by Donald Miller from Oct 16, 2012

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