Elizabeth Goudge Quotes

I don't think there's anything more tiring ... than expecting people who don't turn up.

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• When you were straight, evil thoughts and memories came pouring up out of the darkness inside you; buzzing black flies clinging to the insides of your skull.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Up
  • Black
  • Evil

• There are so many groups making so much money in the medical care system that any major reorganization is going to make someone unhappy or anxious at the least, ... I don't know how you do it.

  

  Anthony Robbins
  • Care
  • Medical
  • Unhappy

• Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto.

  

  Tony Snow
  • Politics
  • Affairs
  • Topography

• If something's working, you lean into it. You don't fight it.

  

  Billy Lawrence
  • Fighting
  • Working

• With a clear mind that is reinforcing positivity back into myself and my craft, I am able to focus my energy on the task at hand and enjoy my experiences and day.

  

  Allison Holker
  • Energy
  • Focus
  • Experiences

• It was there that we really first came in contact with the work of Shoji Hamada, who was Bernard's best friend from Japan, who had come from Japan back to England with Bernard Leach when Leach was establishing his pottery.

  

  Warren MacKenzie
  • England
  • Contact
  • Pottery

• Roman women kept their name throughout their lives, and did not change it on marriage.

  

  Adrian Goldsworthy
  • Change
  • Marriage
  • Name

• Training to become champion is the toughest thing. The fight itself is just a test.

  

  Georges St-Pierre
  • Fighting
  • Training
  • Champion

• The history of lead is a history of neglect. It's a history of decisions on our part not to address the broad implications of what we did to ourselves during the industrial revolution and in the first part of the century when our cities expanded broadly, when we built our housing and we began to depend upon lead as a mainstay of our new industrial culture. We put this stuff in even though we knew it was dangerous, we knew it was going to hurt kids.

  

  David Rosner
  • Kids
  • Decision
  • Hurt

• The miniature potatoes tasted a little like dirt, and the green veggies were too chewy, but Jason ate them for the sake of his nutrition. Anything that terrible had to be healthy.

  

  Brandon Mull
  • Healthy
  • Nutrition
  • Veggies

• So, from a very young age, my mom tells me that I wanted to be Michael J. Fox. I didn't want to be an actor. I just wanted to be Michael J. Fox for awhile. And then, I realized that he was an actor, so I pursued that.

  

  Patrick J. Adams
  • Age
  • Me
  • Mom

• I'm fairly in control and I don't like to flirt particularly. I mean, obviously if I meet someone who I think is hot, of course I'll want to flirt with him, But in general I don't use it in day-to-day life.

  

  Shirley Ann Manson Angelfish
  • Thinking
  • Mean
  • Hot

• This papal document—which has not yet been repudiated by the Catholic Church—was the basis for the Christian justification of colonialism and the building of competitive Spanish, Portuguese, British, Dutch, French, Belgian, German, and other Euro-Christian empires that spanned the world.13 It was the genocide card that was given to every white Christian nation.

  

  Brian D. McLaren
  • Catholic Church
  • Papal document
  • Christian justification

• When Jesse started to cry, I found that I'd been expecting it. I know a breakdown when I see one. In the kitchenette behind me, my phone flashed into life, but I knew the importance of what Dr. Adil calls full-body listening when someone is trying to unburden. You take your attention away at the wrong moment, you even mistime your blinks, and the trust is gone.

  

  Erin Kelly
  • Attention
  • Trust
  • Expecting

• I don't think there's anything more tiring ... than expecting people who don't turn up.

  

  Elizabeth Goudge
  • Expecting
  • Turn Up