"I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances."

-- Pam Grier

#Poverty Quotes #Circumstances Quotes

“Any half-awake materialist well knows - that which you hold holds you.”
“Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.”

Source : "Writers on writing". Book by Jon Winokur, 1986.
“The more I think of it, the more I realize there are no answers. Life is to be lived.”

Source : Marilyn Monroe (2010). “Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters”, p.100, Macmillan
“Our culture now wonderfully, alchemically transforms images and history into artistic material. The possibilities seem endless and wide open.”
“You can have such an open mind that it is too porous to hold a conviction.”
“Rhythm and timing are the two things which we all must have, yet no one knows how to teach either.”
“The assumption was that a calorie is a calorie. Nothing could be further from the truth. The food industry wants you to believe that because it works for them. If a calorie is a calorie, then why would you pick on any individual food stuff?”
“Be bold, be courageous, be your best.”

Source : "Giffords Urges Graduates at Bard to ‘Be Courageous’" by Vivian Yee, autoglassweek.com. May 25, 2013.

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