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Life Quotes - Page 67

Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano.

Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano.

Frederic Chopin (2013). “Chopin's Letters”, p.149, Courier Corporation

Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.

"Anthony Hopkins: 'I've never been really close to anyone'". Interview with John Crace, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2012.

If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Anne Bradstreet, Adelaide P. Amore (1982). “A woman's inner world: selected poetry and prose of Anne Bradstreet”

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

Stella Adler (2012). “Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights: Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Clifford Odets, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee”, p.11, Vintage

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from Jun 26, 2012

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

"Twenty Sermons". Book by Phillips Brooks, p. 330, 1886.

A good rule to remember for life is that when it comes to plastic surgery and sushi, never be attracted by a bargain.

Graham Norton (2011). “Ask Graham: He's Been Everywhere, He's Seen Everything. Now Graham Norton's Here to Solve Your Problems”, p.91, John Blake Publishing

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

"The Gigantic Book of Teachers' Wisdom" by Frank McCourt and Erin Gruwell, (p. 410), 2007.