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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ↗

— Shirley Jones

#after #became #butcher #children #doubled

I wanted some family structure and stability, and that's what The Partridge Family afforded me, not only financially but in the fact that I could be at home with my kids. ↗

— Shirley Jones

#could #fact #family #family structure #financially

I might have to go on breakfast TV, which would mean getting up early. ↗

— Nik Kershaw

#early #getting #go #i #mean

It's great to see that celebrities can be just like us - that they too have their highs and lows, that they don't always wake up looking their best, that they have bad habits and annoying traits. ↗

— Shirley Jones

#annoying #bad #bad habits #best #celebrities

If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show. ↗

— St. François de Sales

#humility #hypocrisy #pride #anger

When you experience a negative circumstance or event, do not dwell on it. Be proactive — put your attention on what you need to do to bring the situation to a positive result. ↗

— Rodolfo Costa

#attitude #determination #goals #motivation #success

I know. Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower, or a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences long forgotten. Books smell musty and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer is a - it, uh, it has no texture, no context. It's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then the getting of knowledge should be tangible, it should be, um, smelly. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#experience #humour #knowledge #smell #experience

And I had this big, long list of what I wanted in a guy but I realized I didn't stack up to the list myself. ↗

— Star Jones

#guy #had #i #list #long

I can get whatever I want to eat and when you, you know, you forget to eat you sometimes pick up fast food. ↗

— Star Jones

#fast #fast food #food #forget #get

I think for a couple of years I was believing that I was doing it all on my own and I wasn't. ↗

— Star Jones

#couple #doing #i #i think #my own