Quote by Zelda Fitzgerald
Oh, the secret life of man and woman --dreaming how much better we

Oh, the secret life of man and woman –dreaming how much better we would be than we are if we were somebody else or even ourselves, and feeling that our estate has been unexploited to its fullest. – Zelda Fitzgerald

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We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still believe that one can learn to play the piano by mail and that mud will give you a perfect complexion. – Zelda Fitzgerald

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Dreams
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Most people hew the battlements of life from compromise, erecting their impregnable keeps from judicious submissions, fabricating their philosophical drawbacks from emotional retractions and scalding marauders in the boiling oil of sour grapes. – Zelda Fitzgerald

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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish. – Cardinal J. Newman

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity. – Jean Toomer

To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better. – Claudius

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Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace. – Studs Terkel

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The most dangerous food to eat is a wedding cake. – Proverb

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When writing comedy, you have to have the confidence to believe that there is only one type of relationship in the world, and we are all having it, that all men behave in the same way and so do all women. – Steven Moffat

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Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better. – Samuel Beckett

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