"Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt."

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Source : "Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions" by Minna Antrim, (p. 1061), 1901.

Minna Antrim

#Rivers Quotes #Flow Quotes #Admiration Quotes

“Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it.”
“Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching”
“Alienation is perhaps the most effective tool of control in America, and every reminder of our real connectedness weakens that tool.”
“Let's face it songs are about love, which is, I love you, I don't love you, come here, go away, I miss you, I don't miss you. I'm lonely. I'm not lonely. It's, it's all about affairs of the heart. And we can all relate to those.”
“It's ninety-six degrees in the shade... Before I catch blood on my blade.”
“So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.”
“The model we established was to give creative people complete creative freedom in exchange for betting on themselves, so they work for the minimums you're allowed to work for, and if the movies work in a big way, everyone does very well. If the movies don't, nobody loses too much money. The benefit to doing all the movies low budget is we can tell different types of stories and take creative risks. The Purge would have been irresponsible to do for $20M, but to do it for $3M makes sense.”

Source : Source: deadline.com
“If we focus on our health, including our inner health, our self-esteem, and how we look at ourselves and our confidence level, we'll tend to be healthier people anyway, we'll tend to make better choices for our lives, for our bodies, we'll always be trying to learn more, and get better as time goes on.”

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