John Houseman quotes
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“They make money the old fashioned way... they earn it.”
-- John HousemanSource : John Houseman (1986). “Unfinished business: a memoir”
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“Why argue about decisions you're not powerful enough to make yourself?”
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“Seeds not planted or tended by choice tend to be weeds, so at least for me, it's very helpful to consciously and periodically choose which seeds I want to water, and to think through what I expect to happen from that watering. Investors can spend a lot of time and energy reacting to the latest bits of news and trying to predict the next surprise, rather than choosing a consistent set of daily actions that they can carry out as things develop, regardless of how they develop.”
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“The Alexander Technique has played an important and beneficial part in my life.”
-- John Houseman -
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“I was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely.”
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“In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.”
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“I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.”
Source : Beatrix Potter (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Beatrix Potter (Illustrated)”, p.1214, Delphi Classics
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“You will be old-fashioned one day. It's more shocking than getting old.”
Source : Enid Bagnold (1970). “Four plays”
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