Sunday, March 14, 2010

Words to live by


"I do take a special pleasure in thrift, a talent I get from my father. About this talent my mother said, 'Harry's hobby is not spending money.'"

Meryl Streep, as quoted in Glamour magazine

6 comments:

  1. This reminds me of my father-in-laws comment about his wife Eileens thrifting .....
    "Eileen was always the economiser .......
    with the emphasis on 'miser' "

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  2. That's a surprising hollywood quote - it's so nice to hear that she doesn't want more diamonds or gold face lotion! lol. I really enjoy her work.

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  3. In linguistics class, we always discussed the concept of framing using the example "thrifty" vs "stingy" - they mean pretty much the same thing but one's positive and one's negative..

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  4. That's funny! It is true that some people get the same pleasure from spending money as other people get from, well, not spending it.

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  5. Doesn't she look great? So serene and happy.
    A similar quote could apply to my husband, but I can't really knock it when his savings habit has been a huge factor in us buying our own house and having a glimmer of a pension.

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