"Whoever said love conquers all was a fool. Because almost everything conquers love - or tries to."

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Source : Edna Ferber (1952). “Giant”

Edna Ferber

#Trying Quotes #Fool Quotes #Love Conquers All Quotes

“He lived in a fantasy world. There was not a day when he didn't add some Mickey Mouse story about a club that wanted him. First of all, he came in and told me that Arsenal wanted to buy him, then the next week it was Manchester Utd, then the next week it was Real Madrid. He made it clear that he did not want to be at the club so, in the end, there was only one thing I could do - send him to Wigan.”
“Everyone who becomes a psychotherapist eventually adopts a theory that suits his needs.”
“You should be willing to do something that will take you five minutes or less for anybody.”

Source : "7 Stress Relief Strategies When You’re Short on Time" by Paula Davis-Laack, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 30, 2016.
“I look for people who have raw intelligence and a great work ethic and loyalty, and I can quickly identify people who have the right ingredients. But sometimes it is more difficult to get them to accept the fact that they can take on increasing responsibility. Oftentimes individuals will decide how far [they] go by how much work they're willing to put in and how quick they are to ask for help. Too many people have this deep-seated fear that if they ask for help, they will be thought less of.”
“I didn't know enough about the Civil War or its lingering effects as we all should. It's really easy to think that the Civil War was the end of slavery, and the triumph of our collective conscience and humanity over oppression. Sadly, the oppression and systemic subjugation of people of color in this country still exists.”
“The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.”
“An ex-girlfriend once got upset when I told her that music is the most important thing in my life. It's more important than anyone else could ever be. I don't want to be overly dramatic and say it's the only thing that gets me up and keeps me going. But people in your life come and go. As you go through your life, you make friendships, you break friendships, you have relationships. Music is the one thing I've always been able to rely on.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“The trick is the paradox - turning your story inside out. Now if it is something that appears to be of total normality and then suddenly turns inside out and is a different thing all together then that's fun to write.”

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