"When I was 15, what I wanted in a boyfriend was just that confidence and swagger. I wanted someone who knew what he was doing, because I was just faking it. What I want for my daughter is the exact opposite."

-- Ayelet Waldman

#Daughter Quotes #Opposites Quotes #Swagger Quotes

“I like listening to music on a Discman, where the CD spins, and the fact that it's weird to listen to something on a Discman when most people have an iPod, even though those have an internal hard drive that's spinning, too.”

Source : "Hot Chip". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 8, 2012.
“I will go to the garden. I will be a romantic. I will sell myself in hell, in heaven also I will be.”

Source : Robert Creeley (1982). “The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945-1975”, p.201, Univ of California Press
“You can't take away knowledge, and it's dangerous to pretend you never had it.”
“Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.”

Source : "'King of Devil's Island': Stellan Skarsgård mentors" by G. Allen Johnson, www.sfgate.com. January 5, 2012.
“We cannot have faith without belief, but we can believe without having faith. Belief is the foundation of faith. Faith is trusting in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The scriptures contain many assurances of salvation to those who exercise faith and obey the commandments... Faith is the motivating force that impels action.”
“Perhaps the most important job of a financial advisor is to get their clients in the right place on the efficient frontier in their portfolios. But their No. 2 job, a very close second, is to create portfolios that their clients are comfortable with. Advisors can create the best portfolios in the world, but they won't really matter if the clients don't stay in them.”
“Induction is the glory of science and the scandal of philosophy.”

Source : "The philosophy of Francis Bacon: An address delivered at Cambridge on the occasion of the Bacon tercentenary". Book by C. D. Broad, p. 67, October 5, 1926.
“By developing balance in your life, you will increase your energy, motivation, and your sense of satisfaction. In short, your happiness. Most people are as happy as they choose to be. May you choose to be very happy in 1998! SUCCESS to You . . .”

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