Mary Pilon Quotes

Human beings have kicked around the concept of what individual happiness means for centuries, from the Bible to the ancient Greeks to the 1859 bestseller 'Self-Help.'

Mary Pilon

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HappinessBibleHumanIndividual

I have trouble with modern art. But in general, all art forms fascinate me - art is the way human beings express what we can't say in words.

Andrea Bocelli

ArtWordsMeTroubleSayWay

Truth, which is important to a scholar, has got to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

TruthImportantNothingMudConcrete

I love coming back to Edinburgh. It's nice to spend real time here.

Sophie Wu

LoveTimeBackNiceRealComing

I'd like to make movies as a producer and a director.

Steven Bauer

MoviesDirectorProducerMakeLike

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.

Steve Martin

FunnyHateWomanHeadShouldersHer

There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

MomentMomentsIllusionYoungWill

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience.

Shirley Bassey

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I had always wanted to become a neurologist, which is one of the most demanding vocations in medicine. Where do you stop, after all, with the brain? How does it function? What are its limits? The work seems unending.

Roger Bannister

WorkBrainMedicineLimitsYouStop

I don't want to push barriers myself. You go to see Joan Rivers to see barriers being pushed. You watch 'Little Britain' to see barriers being pushed.

Ronnie Corbett

MyselfPushYouGoWantSee

I feel like in every situation in life, I just always end up singing, like, anywhere.

Ruth B

LifeSingingEndFeelSituationUp

Sufi poetry is, in a sense, self-help poetry about how to live a decent life, how to deal with your mortality.

Mohsin Hamid

LifeLivePoetrySenseDealDecent

You have no control over the market. You can't predict where it will go, and you can't bring it back from the depths. What you can do is save more. Make sure you have cash on hand - an emergency fund of at least six months of expenses.

Jean Chatzky

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