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Our Quotes by Mariella Frostrup
- The great advantage of being human is that we can employ rational thought and resolve to change our circumstances.
- Life is rife with frustrations, jealousies and, on occasion, an overwhelming sense of its injustices, but it's a big mistake to let such negative sentiments…
- Placing 'amicable' and 'separation' together creates an oxymoron - we don't usually decide to end a partnership until the very sight of our soon-to-be ex…
- For most of us, when our 'dreams' - I use the word with reservations - came true, and marriage and motherhood became a reality, the…
- In romance, we feel the need to zoom in and expound on our partner's foibles in intimate detail; in friendship, we tend to do the…
- As a species, we tend to be doers, forever shaping and reshaping the world to better suit our purposes.
- It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair.
- In the city, I wake bolt upright in the small hours, convinced that intruders are marauding through our apartment despite Swiss bank-style security arrangements.
- We invest less in our friendships and expect more of friends than any other relationship. We spend days working out where to book for a…
- Fridays are always movie night at our flat in Kensington, West London.
- Emotions are products of our mind, and we can actually train ourselves to choose whether we banish or embrace them.
- You only need to look at Jane Austen to see how crossed wires can become a defining aspect of romantic life. Then again, if the…
- With the Internet, we can communicate instantly across the globe, but the net also makes it possible for us to shrink ever further into our…
- Romantic comedies seem to take over where the fairytales of childhood left off, feeding our dreams of a soulmate; though, sadly, the Hollywood endings prove…
More Our Quotes
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a… — Hannah Arendt
- On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end… — Hank Aaron
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or… — Giorgio Armani
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin