"A scent that disturbs me and delights me. It smells like ripe pears, vetiver, a bit of violet and something else- something spicy almost biting and exotic."

-- Rebecca Wells

#Smell Quotes #Delight Quotes #Scent Quotes

“About every four years, someone says to me, 'I've got a friend who looks exactly like you.' What can you say to this?”

Source : "Carry on gurning" by Arthur Smith, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2002.
“People who know what theyâ€™re talking about donâ€™t need PowerPoint.”
“Now some people when they sit down to write and nothing special comes, no good ideas, are so frightened that they drink a lot of strong coffee to hurry them up, or smoke packages of cigarettes, or take drugs or get drunk. They do not know that ideas come slowly, and that the more clear, tranquil and unstimulated you are, the slower the ideas come, but the better they are.”
“While women across the globe have many differences - language, culture, environment - our similarities are undeniable, and the impact of abuse and oppression affects us all.”
“Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party”

Source : Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books
“I guess the language that Justice Ginsburg used at the closing of the VMI (United States v. Virginia Military Institute) case is an important thing; it resonates with me: 'A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.'”
“It turns out I will buy any yarn, even yarn I will never use, if the store discounts it by more than 50 percent.”

Source : Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.79, Storey Publishing
“Green jobs - those are jobs that feel like new economy jobs; they do require some training.”

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