"Looking after children can be a subtle way of giving up... They become the whole ones, the well ones, the postponement of happiness, the ones who won't drink too much, give up, get divorced, become mentally ill. The part of oneself that's fighting against decay and depression is transferred to guarding them from decay and depression. In the meantime one decays and gets depressed."

-- Edward St Aubyn

#Children Quotes #Giving Up Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“Being twenty years old, I naturally had a wild imagination and a tender heart.”
“In June the bush we call alder was heavy, listless, its leaves studded with galls, growing wherever we didn't want it.”
“I guess the only jewels of my life were the pictures I made with Fred Astaire.”
“You can't go wrong with fish and chips.”
“Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?”
“I think our society is all about judgment, which is so rude and disrespectful.”

Source : "INTERVIEW: Raven-Symoné Gets Into the Sister Act". Interview with Iris Wiener, www.theatermania.com. Aprшд 9, 2012.
“Horror is always the same. It changes with the culture and changes with technology. The stories are always the same. There are just two basic stories in horror, two simple ones -- evil is outside and evil is in here [points to his heart].”
“Don't try to be somebody you're not because it doesn't work. If you try to be this perfect person or perfect persona of what you think that somebody should be when they're involved in public office, it's just not going to work. Just be yourself, stay true to your core values, and really just stay abreast of the issues.”

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