‘You never really know what he’s thinking or what he might do – but it always ends in kindness and fairness. A mighty recipe produced this man.’
Tennessee Williams talking about Hollywood actor Paul Newman, sourced from The Friendship Book 2016
Category: Quote Of The Week
Quote Of The Week
‘In fact, the gunfight didn’t happen at the OK Corral; it happened in a vacant lot, to the north, between a back alley and what is now the highway, but try putting that on a t-shirt.’
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‘A person to be quiet with, is harder to find than someone to talk with.’
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‘If we find ourselves getting impatient, we can try to bear our impatience, patiently. If we lose our tranquillity, we can endure that loss, tranquilly. If we get angry, we ought not get angry with ourselves for getting angry. If we are not content, we can try to be content with our discontent.’
– Jean Pierre de Caussade from The Spirituality Of Imperfection – Storytelling And The Journey to Wholeness by Earnest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham
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‘Stop wasting energy trying to gain favour with folk, who’ll simply never like you, through no fault of your own.’
-Said to Johnny Vegas by a friend, from Becoming Johnny Vegas
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‘You’ve only got one body so you might as well enjoy it. Make the most of what God gave you, and crack on with your life as nicely as possible. Maybe, even – dare I say it – celebrate what you’ve got. Make merry with it. Enjoy!’
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‘If you are cold, tea will warm you. If you are too heated, it will cool you. If you are depressed, it will cheer you. If you are excited, it will calm you.’
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‘In order to be able to write, I’ve always felt that I had to somehow convince myself that I never had parents. I needed to erase their images and presence, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to write a single word.’
The Fetish Room – The Education Of A Naturalist by Redmond O’Hanlon and Rudi Rotthier
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‘You get handed these bombs, these grenades, but they blow up in your face, but from the splinters you can pick up new ideas. So everything works out for the better if you’re open minded enough to adapt.’
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‘Some people believe that by writing down dreams, ambitions and intentions they can come true, because in a way you are sowing a seed into your consciousness, which enables even the smallest intention to take root.’
Things In My Head 