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Iris Murdoch quote: "What an extraordinary satisfaction there is in cleaning..."

What an extraordinary satisfaction there is in cleaning things! (Does the satisfaction depend on ownership? I suspect so.)

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Mon cher docteur! Do you not think I know the female mentality? The village gossip, it is based always, always on the relations of the sexes. If a man poisons his wife in order to travel to the North Pole or to enjoy the peace of a bachelor existence—it would not interest his fellow-villagers for a minute! Agatha Christie
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For me, the greatest obstacles are never on the ice itself. That's the area I excel in. That's where my passion is. I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better. Ann Bancroft
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "The right man is the one who seizes the moment."
The right man is the one who seizes the moment. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Evelyn Waugh quote: "Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing..."
Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.'--William Boot Evelyn Waugh
Dan Millman quote: "The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination."
The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination. Dan Millman
Sometimes I'm uncomfortable with the level of fame I've got! It all depends on the day and what's going on. I don't desire any more fame. I don't need it. Philip Seymour Hoffman
History overflows time. Love overflows the allowance of the world. All the vessels overflow, and no end or limit stays put. Every shakable thing has got to be shaken. In a sense, nothing that was ever lost in Port William ever has been replaced. In another sense, nothing is ever lost, and we are compacted together forever, even by our failures, our regrets, and our longings. Wendell Berry
Saul Alinsky quote: "This is the world as it is. This is where you start."
This is the world as it is. This is where you start. Saul Alinsky
There can be nothing exclusive about substantial art. It comes directly out of the heart of the experience of life and thinking about life and living life. Charles Ives
Robert Bloch quote: "The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of..."
The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on. Robert Bloch
Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides. Neither shame nor physical pain have any other effect than a hardening one. Ellen Key
C. S. Lewis quote: "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long..."
You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me. C. S. Lewis
Steven Wright quote: "Once I tried to kill myself with a bungee cord. I kept almost..."
Once I tried to kill myself with a bungee cord. I kept almost dying. Steven Wright