"She was learning, quite late, what many people around her appeared to have known since childhood that life can be perfectly satisfying without major achievements."

-- Alice Munro

#People Quotes #Achievement Quotes #Childhood Quotes

“I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.”
“You can't define the ache that's in George's voice. It's just something inherently him. It doesn't need definition. It doesn't need clarification. It doesn't need a lot of things. You just sit back and appreciate it. It's just greatness.”
“Desire something and don't just care what you have to go through to get it.”
“When yellow lights struggle with blue shades in hairlike lines.”
“Feminists have emphasized for a long time the importance of each woman's individual entity and the necessity of economic independence. Perhaps it was necessary. But now I think we need some emphasis on the instinctive side of life, sex and motherhood.... Life isn't all earning your living. Unfortunately we fall in love and Feminism must take that into consideration.”

Source : "Who is Dora Black?". Equal Rights Magazine, June 5, 1926.
“There's that 15 quid we put on One Direction to win down the drain.”

Source : "Brit Awards’ television ratings ‘lowest of 21st century’". Alex Turner's Brit speech for Best British Group and Best British Album Awards, www.nme.com. February 19, 2014.
“I remembered their songs but I had never owned a Beatles album.”
“Writing, at its best, is a lonely life.”

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