"I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay."

-- Elizabeth Berg

#Believe Quotes #Adversity Quotes #Anchors Quotes

“Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices, Each note of which calls like a little sister, Those airs slow, slow ascending, as the smokewreaths Rise from the hearthstones of our native hamlets Cyrano Act 5.”
“Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again, And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mold.”
“I tell people to frame the picture. Make the greatest, most perfect composition you can . . . and then take a step forward. It skews it a bit and makes it more interesting.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I'm sure the way to be happy is to live well beyond your means!”

Source : Ruth Gordon (1949). “The Leading Lady: Play in Three Acts”
“The cruelest prison of all is the prison of the mind.”
“Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream.”
“When the #â€Ž mind is strong and the #â€Ž heart is pure, you are free”
“I retired simply because I didn't have the passion and motivation anymore; I was tired. At the time I thought, 'Well, I had a great time, there is the end.' At some moment, there is the right time to call it an end.”

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