"My grandmother was a huge influence on me and the fact that there was this very strong, rather formidable presence of women in my life has been an enormous value."

-- Anthony Minghella

#Strong Quotes #Grandmother Quotes #Facts Quotes

“Outside, the ocean was crashing, waves hitting sand, then pulling back to sea. I thought of everything being washed away, again and again. We make such messes in this life, both accidentally and on purpose. But wiping the surface clean doesn't really make anything neater. It just masks what is below. It's only when you really dig down deep, go underground, that you can see who you really are.”
“We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.”
“I was involved with Wells Fargo Bank as a consultant in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when I suggested to them that they develop a product that has become known as index funds.”
“There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.”
“One intriguing subplot of the economic crisis is the failure of most economists to predict it. Here we have the most spectacular economic and financial crisis in decades - possibly since the Great Depression - and the one group that spends most of its waking hours analyzing the economy basically missed it.”
“The defining character of Steve Jobs isn't his genius, it isn't his talent, it isn't his success. It's his love. That's why crowds came to see him. You could feel that. It sounds ridiculous to talk about love when you are making a gadget. But Steve loved his work, he loved the products he produced, and it was palpable. He communicated that love through bits of steel and plastic.”
“As the LSD began to take effect, I suddenly said in a very loud voice, while pounding on top of a file, â€œEvery psychiatrist, every psychoanalyst should be forced to take LSD in order to know what is over here.â€”
“I realized how valuable the art and practice of writing letters are, and how important it is to remind people of what a treasure letters--handwritten letters--can be. In our throwaway era of quick phone calls, faxes, and email, it's all to easy never to find the time to write letters. That's a great pity--for historians and the rest of us.”

Source : Nancy Reagan (2001). “I Love You, Ronnie: The Letters of Ronald Reagan to Nancy Reagan”, p.1, Random House

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