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Oscar Wilde quote: "The real drawback to marriage is that it makes one unselfish...."
The real drawback to marriage is that it makes one unselfish. And unselfish people are colourless. They lack individuality. Oscar Wilde
Jodi Picoult quote: "At any moment, a person can start over. And that's not half a..."
At any moment, a person can start over. And that's not half a life, but simply a real one." (from Vanishing Acts) Jodi Picoult
I think I can understand that feeling about a housewife’s work being like that of Sisyphus (who was the stone rolling gentleman). But it is surely in reality the most important work in the world. What do ships, railways, miners, cars, government etc exist for except that people may be fed, warmed, and safe in their own homes? As Dr. Johnson said, “To be happy at home is the end of all human endeavour”. (1st to be happy to prepare for being happy in our own real home hereafter: 2nd in the... C. S. Lewis
Konrad Lorenz quote: "The missing link between animals and the real human being is..."
The missing link between animals and the real human being is most likely ourselves. Konrad Lorenz
After a while he played with the pencil and the paper again and was delighted when he discovered how to make a mark with the one on the other. Various noises continued outside, but he didn't know whether they were real or not. He then talked to his table for a week to see how it would react. Douglas Adams
E. B. White quote: "But real life is only one kind of life—there is also the life..."
But real life is only one kind of life—there is also the life of the imagination. E. B. White
Anton Chekhov quote: "A sweet lie is more gracious for us than a virulent but real..."
A sweet lie is more gracious for us than a virulent but real truth. Anton Chekhov
Haruki Murakami quote: "That's how people live in the real world: forcing stuff on..."
That's how people live in the real world: forcing stuff on each other. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "It's the real world, full of gaps and inconsistencies and..."
It's the real world, full of gaps and inconsistencies and anticlimaxes. Haruki Murakami
The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching,' he said. 'The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime. Ray Bradbury
In your worst and darkest moments remember that you have seen another kind of world. Remember that you can reach it whenever you choose to see. Remember that it will be waiting and that it's real, it's possible - it's yours. Ayn Rand
You give them an environment where they feel they can grow. But also make bloody sure you challenge them. You make sure they realise learning is hard. Because if you don’t, if you only make it a safe haven, if it’s all clap-happy, and ‘everything the kids do is great’, then what are you creating? Emotional toffees, who’ve actually learnt nothing, but who then have to go back and face the real world … Find that balance, it stretches you, it stretches you as far as you’ll go. David Hare
Such is life. It is no cleaner than a kitchen; it reeks like a kitchen; and if you mean to cook your dinner, you must expect to soil your hands; the real art is in getting them clean again, and therein lies the whole morality of our epoch. Honore de Balzac
Thomas Carlyle quote: "A person usually has two reasons for doing something, a good..."
A person usually has two reasons for doing something, a good reason and the real reason. Thomas Carlyle
J. K. Rowling quote: "Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"
Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head? J. K. Rowling

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