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While different people may approach opportunities in different ways, we need to base decisions on a fundamental set of values as we chart our course of action. ↗

— Ron D. Burton

#approach #base #chart #course #decisions

There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable. ↗

— Rufus Wainwright

#glorious #humour #life #make #moments

the unexpected moment [is] always sweeter. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#love-story #quote #romance #the-viscount-who-loved-me #true

Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed. ↗

— Edgar Rice Burroghs

#anger #ashamed #contempt #hate #hearts

I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devasting emotions that control man, nations, life. ↗

— Edgar Rice Burroghs

#curse #emotions #hate #her #i

The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs. ↗

— Edgar Rice Burroghs

#becomes #brain #conversations #direction #faculties

My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#basically #beat #bright #drawn #father

Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it. ↗

— Haim Ginott

#anything #generation #often #parents #talk

I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can. ↗

— Rufus Wainwright

#i #i can #like #make #mundane

I never listen to music when I write. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#i write #listen #music #never #write