"There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them."

-- Phyllis Bottome

#Adversity Quotes #Two Quotes #Way Quotes

“I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn't irascible.”

Source : Ezra Pound (1950). “The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941”, p.111, New Directions Publishing
“I am a fan of movies and there is something about watching film that is burned into celluloid for all time that is now a piece of history. You go watch, being a fan of classic films and my children and their children are going to be watching these movies.”

Source : Source: movieweb.com
“As for will, woman should be considered superior to man for Eve ate of the apple for love of knowledge and learning, but Adam ate of it merely because she asked him.”

Source : Donna Woolfolk Cross (2009). “Pope Joan: A Novel”, p.84, Broadway Books
“I always say a tremendous amount of healing is in your own hands.”

Source : "'I felt I was dying': Hayley Mills on why she quit chemotherapy as she battled cancer" by Nicola Methven, www.mirror.co.uk. December 26, 2012.
“We can only love what we know.”

Source : Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) (1826). “A Legacy for Young Ladies: Consisting of Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse”, p.125
“If the sky were to suddenly open up, there would be no law, there would be no rule. There would be only you and your memories, the choices you've made and the people you've touched.”
“Honestly, I'm a shallow performer. I just go with the text and feel my way around it. There's not a whole lot of shaping.”
“When coming up with Wonder Woman cover designs, sometimes people will pitch ideas to me, either the writer or the editor. And it's interesting, because I know they're not trying to, but they end up pitching things that end up feeling like damsel-in-distress covers, where the tension comes from her needing to be rescued somehow. And it's something I immediately push back against.”

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