"Real self-esteem has to be earned. I also believe in virtuous circles, like, nothing is fun until you are good at it. It is great if you can instill in children the ability to not give up, to have a work ethic."

-- Amy Chua

#Children Quotes #Giving Up Quotes #Fun Quotes

“We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness.”
“Everyone marries the Duke of Westminster. There are a lot of duchesses, but only one Coco Chanel.”
“Once a maggot, always a maggot.”

Source : "Fictional character: Cadet Captain Jennifer Stone". Cadet Kelly, Coming of age/Teen film, www.imdb.com. 2002.
“At school, I decided I wanted to be a director and then I went out and spent the rest of my adult life trying to be a director. It was really clear to me. So in that sense I was very lucky.”
“I dated a lot of girls all through high school, and in college I dated a young lady for about eight months.”
“The manly pride of the Romans, content with substantial power, had left to the vanity of the East the forms and ceremonies of ostentatious greatness. But when they lost even the semblance of those virtues which were derived from their ancient freedom, the simplicity of Roman manners was insensibly corrupted by the stately affectation of the courts of Asia.”
“I think your self emerges more clearly over time.”
“God does not create poverty; we do, because we do not share.”

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