"Ivy Hisselpenny was the unfortunate victim of circumstances that dictated she be only-just-pretty, only-just-wealthy, and possessed of a terrible propensity for wearing extremely silly hats."

-- Gail Carriger

#Silly Quotes #Ivy Quotes #Hats Quotes

“The most effective indirect approach is one that lures or startles the opponent into a false move - so that, as in ju-jitsu, his own effort is turned into the lever of his overthrow.”
“Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality”
“The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart.”
“If you dispute with me you will only quarrel with your bread and butter.”
“I always sort of talk about - to myself at least, or to my friends, about wanting to just keep life very simple. I've found it most simple here in New York. You know, it's basically I have a, in a way, a 9-to-5 job, you know? I do eight shows a week. I live in New York City. I get to walk everywhere, and you know, just be one of the people of the city. And it's actually wonderful.”
“The brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.”

Source : "The Power of Habit". Book by Charles Duhigg, February 28, 2012.
“The Obama administration took rapid and decisive action to restructure GM and Chrysler. Within a fairly short period of time these companies were working effectively again.”
“The Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats. They believe that 'the best government is that which governs least,' and that which governs least is no government at all.”

Source : United States Magazine and Democratic Review, 1 Oct. 1837 See RalphWaldo Emerson 29; Shipley 1; Thoreau 3

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