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It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped guessing. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#dozen #easier #guessing #half #keep

And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad. ↗

— John Rowland

#also #ask #bad #forgiveness #good

My legacy as governor was UConn and the cities. This is my passion. When I was governor, I would call Waterbury the center of the universe. ↗

— John Rowland

#center #cities #governor #i #legacy

Frustrations are going to be there in every profession you're in. ↗

— Raphael Saadiq

#frustrations #going #profession #you

I always do make a back story for myself, but I'm not sure how necessary it is. I just like to. ↗

— Gena Rowlands

#back #how #i #i always #just

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#anything #away #because #began #benefits

And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#bliss #cafe #idea #just #me

His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#even #foolproof #his #impress #knew

The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#different #discussed #diverse #escape #homogeneous

You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#enough #got #nerve #possible #sort