"The secret idea she was forming of an afterlife gave her the foothold she needed to endure the agonies to come, a newfound courage and optimism which found instant expression through SHOPPING."

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Source : Lucy Ellmann (2013). “Dot in the Universe”, p.164, A&C Black

Lucy Ellmann

#Expression Quotes #Agony Quotes #Shopping Quotes

“Most of us live our lives desperately trying to conceal the anguishing gap between our polished, aspirational, representational selves and our real, human, deeply flawed selves. Dunham lives hers in that gap, welcomes the rest of the world into it with boundless openheartedness, and writes about it with the kind of profound self-awareness and self-compassion that invite us to inhabit our own gaps and maybe even embrace them a little bit more, anguish over them a little bit less.”
“For a small open economy such as Cyprus, the euro adoption provides protection against international financial turmoil, which often has a disproportionate effect on smaller economies.”

Source : "The Successful Entry of Cyprus Into the Euro Area". Speech at the Conference “Welcoming Cyprus to the euro area” Nicosia, www.ecb.europa.eu. January 18, 2008.
“I was like a trashcan. I took everything.”
“Well, as you've said, we cannot expect the people of China not to want to progress, so if you have an opportunity to progress, to develop your economy to a world class economy, it's an aspiration that is natural and that, I welcome.”

Source : "Making Hisssstory: Samuel L. Jackson talks about 'Snakes on a Plane'". Interview with Jeff Jensen, ew.com. August 18, 2006.
“Designer's derive their rewards from 'inner standards of excellence, from the intrinsic satisfaction of their tasks. They are committed to the task, not the job. To their standards, not their boss.' So whereas most people divide their lives between time spent earning money and time spent spending it, designers generally lead a seamless existence in which work and play are synonymous. As Milanese designer Richard Sapper put it: "I never work-all the time."”
“Yes, death, the hourly possibility of it, death is the sublimity of life.”

Source : William Mountford (1858). “Enthanasy; Or, Happy Talk Towards the End of Life ...”, p.228
“I guess I donâ€™t know what I want.â€ â€œI do. I want you.â€ â€œI know, butâ€”â€ â€œNothing will ever change that. No matter what you hear. No matter what happens.”
“The saints shall persevere in holiness, because God perseveres in grace.”

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