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“Mountains had taken the place of religion, had satisfied her religious sense, her need for adoration and worship as no service in any Cathedral, however sublime, had been able to do.”

Quote by Ann Bridge

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Ann Bridge (1889-1974) was a British autobiographer known for her works that are characterized by their profound personal experiences and sharp insights into social issues. more

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“The full life depends, not on the range of experience but on the intensity of the interest, the emotion involved, and on its being a personal interest.”

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“do get over the idea that size has any value or merit. It is the enemy of most of the best things in the world - it is the enemy of the good life.”

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“we should be careful not to let machinery swamp life. That we should be sure, when we are confronted with a fresh mechanical contrivance, that we are not losing more than we gain by adopting it.”

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“In any relationship we feel an unconscious need to create, as it were, a new picture, a new edition of ourselves to present to the fresh person who claims our interests; for them, we in a strange sense wish to, and do, start life anew.”

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“The more we think we're not affected by media - stereotypes, advertising - the more potential those forms of media have.”

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“You will find that free advice about your money is always available. It's usually those who lean back and give you the most 'positive' advice whose finances are bordering on catastrophe. They are often wrong, but never in doubt.”

Giving Money Doubt Advice Available Finance Catastrophe Free Advice

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“The ability to make a decision is another characteristic of a winner in money matters. I have found over and over again that those who succeed in making large sums of money reach decisions very promptly and change them, if at all, very slowly. I have also found that people who fail to make money reach decisions very slowly, if at all, and change them frequently and quickly.”

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“Always remember, indecision is decision - usually against you.”

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“There is no such thing as a future decision. There are only present decisions that affect the future.”

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“Inflation takes from the ignorant and gives to the well informed.”

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