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There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been. ↗

— Benjamin Jowett

#anything #become #been #defect #else

I'm not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men I've known before loved my independent spirit and were proud of my success, to the point that they'd become jealous of the time I devote to my career. ↗

— Milla Jovovich

#before #career #conditional love #devote #easy

Lots of pretty faces came and went over the years, but some stuck around and I happen to be one of them. ↗

— Milla Jovovich

#came #faces #happen #i #lots

Modelling killed me. ↗

— Milla Jovovich

#me #modelling

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why. ↗

— James Joyce

#devised #english #ever #explains #ingenious

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy. ↗

— James Joyce

#fear #i #make #those #unhappy

My poor mum had a lot of problems with me around that time. I was young but I'd been working for years, so if she asked me to clean my room I'd say, 'You can't tell me what to do after I've worked a 12-hour day.' It gave me a power that no one that age should have. ↗

— Milla Jovovich

#age #around #asked #been #clean

My regular life today is reading books, making dolls houses, sewing dolls with my daughter and barbequing. ↗

— Milla Jovovich

#daughter #dolls #houses #life #making

Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker. ↗

— Milla Jovovich

#because #go #goes #gym #i

Scratch a Russian, and you'll find a peasant. ↗

— Milla Jovovich

#peasant #russian #scratch #you