"George Jesselâ€™s newest pick-me-up which is receiving attention from the townâ€™s paragraphers is called a Bloody Mary: half tomato juice, half vodka."

-- Lucius Beebe

#Pick Me Up Quotes #Receiving Quotes #Attention Quotes

“You know, right now, they say - I don't know who says this, but somebody told me - there's three male roles to every female role. And I guess I'd work on evening that up. Making great roles for women. It's just such a huge challenge”
“I'll admit that I'm not quite certain how to sum up an entire year in music anymore; not when music has become so temporal, so specific and personal, as if we each have our own weather system and what we listen to is our individual forecast.”
“She has always been a bystander in family destruction, never realizing she herself possessed the capacity to inflict it.”
“We are no longer in the World of the Fourth Sun, but we are not yet in the World of the Fifth Sun. This is the time in-between, the time of transition. As we pass through transition there is a colossal, global convergence of environmental destruction, social chaos, war, and ongoing Earth Changes.”
“You surprise yourself on some balls off the bat. You don't think you have a chance to catch it. And then your natural ability just takes over.”
“I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.”
“Life's funny. You have to find a way to keep going, to keep laughing, even after you realize that none of your dreams will come true. When you realize that, there's still so much of a life to get through.”

Source : Claire Messud (2013). “The Woman Upstairs”, p.153, Vintage
“Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.”

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