"Nothing makes you realize you don't know what you want more than getting what you want."

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Source : Jane Wagner (1995). “My Life, So Far: By Edith Ann”, Hyperion

Jane Wagner

#Getting What You Want Quotes #Want Quotes #Realizing Quotes

“Love is found when you don't have to give it. It is the emotion of generosity and kindness that is compelled by no one. It is performed on the battlefield, in our daily tasks, in the marketplace, the factories, at school, in the offices, and in the halls and corridors of government.... But only when one truly gives of himself and without compulsion.”
“These days, there are many people around the world who listen to the songs that made me infamous and read the books that made me respectable.”
“I feel like I have one foot in New York, one foot in London and one foot in India. But it's important to me to invest time with family.”
“I'd like to take a walk far back in the flinty hills and search for a souvenir, an old double-bitted ax stuck deep in the side of a white oak tree. I know the handle has long since rotted away with time. Perhaps the rusty frame of a coal-oil lantern still hangs there on the blade.”
“If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.”

Source : "A Treasury of Jewish Quotations". Book by Joseph L. Baron, 1996.
“Never, ever lose hope. We must not lose hope.”
“Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in one's efforts to obtain originality.”
“Keep your treasure to yourself.”

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