"I will fight for you, yes, and you will fight for me. And if you have sacrificed joy and courage and beauty and wisdom for my sake, I will give them all to you again; and yet you must also give them to me, for they are things in which without you I am wanting. But together we can make them."

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Source : Eleanor Farjeon (1922). “Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard”

Eleanor Farjeon

#Life Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Giving Quotes

“The compass rose is nothing but a star with an infinite number of rays pointing in all directions.It is the one true and perfect symbol of the universe.And it is the one most accurate symbol of you.Spread your arms in an embrace, throw your head back, and prepare to receive and send coordinates of being. For, at last you knowâ€”you are the navigator, the captain, and the ship.”
“Some of my biggest complaints about acting in television were that I was always wearing a tight dress or pencil skirt, and I was always wearing heels. I thought, "This sucks! Why, because I'm a woman, does it mean I always have to wear this same outfit and this same hairdo, and spend the same two hours in hair and make-up, and the guys get to be there two hours after me?" I remember being mildly offended by that.”
“Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. resistance is the enemy within.”
“The shaping of taste is essentially the science of merchandising, whether of detergents or cars or books or objects of fine and decorative art.”
“Worry may not change the outcome, but it definately affects the outlook.”
“Don't confuse comfort with happiness.”
“Beauty is not everything!”

Source : Interview with John Garcia, thecolumnonline.com.
“For the next seven days, I challenge you not to complain at all.”

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