"It won't do you a bit of good to know everything if you don't do anything with it."

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Source : Louise Fitzhugh, Helen Ericson (2002). “Harriet Spies Again”, p.20, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Louise Fitzhugh

#Inaction Quotes

“Hope is the strongest driving force for a people. Hope which brings about change, which produces new realities, is what opens man's road to freedom.”
“A KEY TO BEGIN FORGIVING: Become soft and tender with the person. The first step is to become soft in your mind and spirit. Lower your voice and relax your facial expressions. This reflects honor and humility; and as Proverbs 15:1 suggests, "A gentle answer turns away anger."”
“But business is just a vehicle for transforming the ideas in your head into something real, something tangible, that actually improves the lives of others. To create something unique and beautiful and valuable is very hard. Itâ€™s very special to do. It doesnâ€™t happen fast.”
“There is no peace that cannot be found in the present moment.”
“The British have an umbilical cord which has never been cut and through which tea flows constantly. It is curious to watch them in times of sudden horror, tragedy or disaster. The pulse stops apparently and nothing can be done, and no move made, until "a nice cup of tea" is quickly made. There is no question that it brings solace and does steady the mind. What a pity all countries are not so tea-conscious. World-peace conferences would run more smoothly if "a nice cup of tea", or indeed, a samovar were available at the proper time.”

Source : "Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes".
“[The Republican plan will] make sure we bring down the cost of health care for all Americans and that ensures affordable access for all Americans and is pro-life because it will not put seniors in a position of being put to death by their government.”
“The great love of my life is music.”
“Comme l'imagination a creÂ eÂ Â le monde, elle le gouverne. Because imagination created the world, it governs it.”

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