"Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them."

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Source : Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “Gaudy Night”, p.71, Open Road Media

Dorothy L. Sayers

#Mother Quotes #Husband Quotes #Father Quotes

“I was disappointed not to be able to sign [for Barcelona] last season. When the best club in the world calls you, then it is something that you want to happen. I have signed for the only club who really wanted me. In no moment did I ever think that Inter was a possibility. Rafa valued me and perhaps that is why people started saying that I could go there but this is the only club that pushed to sign me,”
“Make a mess. Clean it up.”
“If you can't play as good or as fast as me, just give up, sell your guitar on eBay and kill yourself.”
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.”
“At LVMH, we have amazing heritage brands, and we put interesting talents in those brands, sometimes very young, like we did at Givenchy with Riccardo Tisci at the time, or like we just did with J.W. Anderson at Loewe, but also talents that are already further along in their careers, like Raf Simons at Christian Dior or Nicolas at Vuitton.”

Source : "Delphine Arnault Rising". Interview with Miles Socha, wwd.com. April 14, 2014.
“We're living in a time when people are struggling to appear perfect.”

Source : "Q&A: Shirley Manson and Butch Vig of Garbage Talk About Their Comeback, and Why Manson was the Lana Del Rey of the 90s". Interview with Marc Spitz, www.vanityfair.com. March 22, 2012.
“Scientists are coming to recognise the effects of the mind on physical health. The sense of relaxation associated with inner peace involves not only being physically at ease. If you are nagged by worry or seething with anger, youâ€™re not really relaxed. The key to relaxation is peace of mind. The relaxation gained from alcohol, drugs or just listening to music may seem attractive, but it doesnâ€™t last.”
“The United Nations was the thing I wanted to work for. Like the United Nations Commission for Refugees is what I was interested in. And then people said if you do that you'll hit glass ceilings all the time, because you are not Ghanian or Nigerian and that's the way to progress though a multinational organization like that. In any event, they said do five years' legal experience and come back. And after five years I decided to stay where I was. So I am really an accidental lawyer.”

Source : Source: www.identitytheory.com

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