“I need to feel strongly, to love and admire, just as desperately as I need to breathe.”
― The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
― The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
“Saving for a down payment or cash purchase of a home should occur after becoming debt-free in Step Two and after finishing the emergency fund in Step Three. That makes saving for a down payment Baby Step Three (b). You should save for the home if you have the itch before moving on to the next step. Many people are worried about getting a home, but please let it be a blessing rather than a curse. It will be a curse if you buy something while you are still broke. There are all sorts of folks who are eager to “work with you” so you can make it happen sooner, but the definition of “Creative Financing” is “Too Broke to Buy a House.”
― The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
― The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
“Her husband's visage captivated her from the first moment she saw him step out of the royal carriage a hundred years ago. How could it not? Flaminius was utterly gorgeous. But once she fell in love with him, she became happily enslaved.”
― Taming Flame
― Taming Flame
“my favorite is Richard Hittleman’s Yoga Twenty-eight-Day Exercise Plan. There are also many fine videos you can learn from as well as a magazine dedicated solely to yoga called Yoga Journal.”
― Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff
― Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff
“Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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