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“Scheherazade is the classical example of a woman saving her head by using it.”

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Esme Wynne-Tyson, a British writer born on June 29, 1898, and died on January 17, 1972. Her works are known for their delicate emotions and profound insights, mainly focusing on novels and short stories. more

“The way in which we manage the business of getting and spending is closely tied to our personal philosophy of living. We begin to develop this philosophy long before we have our first dollar to spend; and unless we are thinking people, our attitude toward money management may continue through the years to be tinged with the ignorance and innocence of childhood.”

“[On retirement savings:] Gone today, here tomorrow.”

Today Money Gone Tomorrow Saving Retirement Savings

Author:Catherine Crook de Camp

“Money that may never be spent is nothing but a miser's toy. Saving as an exercise in self-denial is an invalid goal, a sick use of money.”

May Self Use Goal Money Exercise Sick Saving Denial Toys Misers Self-denial

Author:Catherine Crook de Camp

“If, instead of playing the horses, an individual chooses to play the market, that is his own affair. Only he must understand that speculating in stocks is gambling, not investing.”

Ifs Play Individual Horse Investing Affair Gambling

Author:Catherine Crook de Camp

“Only a dreamer or a fool would pick a stock at random and expect it to take off like a space ship from its launching pad. Certainly this has happened - about as often as a dime-store clerk has become a Hollywood star or a boy born in a log cabin has been elected President of the United States - just often enough, that is, to keep alive the Great American Dream.”

“Take good care of the things you have. Careless people spend more for a given standard of living.”

People Care Given Standards Careless Standards Of Living Thrift

Author:Catherine Crook de Camp

“We Americans tend to be a prodigal lot. We are as careless with our personal resources as we are with the resources of nature, squandering both as if there were no end to the gifts of earth and sea and sky.”

Ifs Ends Earth Sea Sky Resources Careless Prodigals Squandering Sea And Sky Wastefulness

Author:Catherine Crook de Camp

“Music is the softest cushion in the world.”

World Music Music Is Cushions

Author:Niki de Saint Phalle

“I think zombies have always been an easy metaphor for hard times. Because they're this big, faceless, brainless group of evil things that will work tirelessly to destroy you and think of nothing else.”

Thinking Hard Bigs Evil Easy Groups Metaphor Hard Times Zombie Evil Things Faceless Brainless

Author:Seth Grahame-Smith

“Naming can limit as well as empower.”

Wells Names Limits Empowering

Book:Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out

Source: Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out

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