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Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. ”
As we grow old, the beauty steals inward. ”
Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change. ”
Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole. ”
The beauty of life is in people who feel some obligation to enhance life. Without that, we're only half alive. ”
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted. ”
I once saw a lump of Greenland breaking off into the sea and moving south, which of course will affect the atmosphere and us generally, and it'll happen more and more. ”
Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you. ”
My father owned some Laundromats, and when I was 10, he had me in there making change and being an attendant. He taught me that on weekends, you had to get up and go to work. That has been a big help in acting. ”
You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes. ”