"Any garment which is cut to fit you is much more becoming, even if it is not so splendid as a garment which has been cut to fit somebody not of your stature."

-- Edna Ferber

#Cutting Quotes #Literature Quotes #Becoming Quotes

“Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values.”
“Holly Black is the Real Thing: a gifted writer with a solid grounding in what matters. Her stories are dark and splendid blooms rising from roots sunk deep in myth and tradition.”
“Well, I hate to be the one to take the flyswatter to Tinker Bell, but...”

Source : Kinky Friedman (1993). “Kinky Friedman: Three Complete Mysteries : Greenwich Killing Time/a Case of Lone Star/When the Cat's Away”, Outlet
“To see with the eyes of another, to hear with the ears of another, to feel with the heart of another. For the time being, this seems to me an admissible definition of what we call social feeling.”

Source : Alfred Adler (2002). “The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler: Journal articles : 1927-1931”, p.64, Alfred Adler Institute
“Great communication depends on two simple skills-context, which attunes a leader to the same frequency as his or her audience, and delivery, which allows a leader to phrase messages in a language the audience can understand.”
“I often say television is not a job for grown men. You go to a set, they pick out your clothes for you, they tell you where to stand, what to say, and your chair has your name on it in case you can't find a place to sit.”
“To have a human form is a joyful thing.”
“Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.”

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