"The key to contentment was to never ask why; she had learned that long ago."

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Elizabeth Strout

#Keys Quotes #Long Quotes #Contentment Quotes

“Technology has changed everything.”
“Are democracy and poetry exclusive of one another and, if so, why?”
“Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life.”

Source : Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967”, p.119, Ballantine Books
“When youâ€™re in school, every little mistake is a permanent crack in your windshield. But in the real world, if youâ€™re not swerving around and hitting the guard rails every now and then, youâ€™re not going fast enough. Your biggest risk isnâ€™t failing; itâ€™s getting too comfortable.”
“You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh to the whole scene, to the character, whatever. If you have that with a director who then knows how to shape it, either in the direction, in the moment, or in the editing, then that's good.”
“Backstage, I get sleepy, and want to curl up and snooze. I never get nervous, whatever the event. I feel quite detached until I walk on stage, and then some gear inside me clicks and off I go like a wind up doll.”
“You are flawed, you are stuck in old patterns, you become carried away with yourself. Indeed you are quite impossible in many ways. And still, you are beautiful beyond measure. For the core of what you are is fashioned out of love, that potent blend of openness, warmth, and clear, transparent presence.”
“A good kitchen should be sufficiently remote from the principal apartments of the house, that the members, visitors, or guests of the family, may not perceive the odour incident to cooking, or hear the noise of culinary operations.”

Source : Isabella Beeton (2000). “Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged edition”, p.101, OUP Oxford

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