“Joan felt, so acutely, that the incurable problem with life was that nothing was ever in balance. That she could not have toddler Frances and fifth-grade Frances at the same time. She could not meet adult Frances and have a moment to hold baby Frances all at once. You could not have a little of everything you wanted.”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
“systems. I witnessed firsthand how people lived behind the Iron Curtain, and got a sense of the daily challenges of their lives. (I can still remember looking out over darkened Bucharest during the nightly brownouts when the government shut down the electrical grid in winter.) I also saw the ways in which their dreams were no different from the dreams of the average person in America.”
― The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
― The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
“Reason arises from pride that a man may not know in this way when he has done evil.”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
“Wizards are martyrs to things like asthma and flat feet, it somehow seems to give them their drive.”
― Equal Rites
― Equal Rites
“Have faith in God, learn to sleep well-
Love good music, see the funny side of life-
And health and happiness will be yours.”
― Dale Carnegie : How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Love good music, see the funny side of life-
And health and happiness will be yours.”
― Dale Carnegie : How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
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