"I struggle in life to find a sense of joy in things."

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Source : "Interview with Patricia Piccinini and Peter Hennessey". Interview With Daniel Palmer, www.patriciapiccinini.net. 2001.

Patricia Piccinini

#Struggle Quotes #Joy Quotes #Life Struggle Quotes

“The way in which we can promote peace, is by promoting sustainable management of our resources, equitable distribution of these resources, and that the only way you can actually do that, is that then you have to have a political, economic system that facilitates that. And then you get into the issues of human rights, justice, economic justice, social justice, and good governance or democratic governance. That's how it ties up.”
“Nebraskans have very strong opinions, but we sit down around a table and we solve our problems.”
“For indeed you have a choice. You can flee and hide, and wait to be found. You can live out your days in terror, without meaning. Or you can take the harder choice, and you can save them.”
“No matter where I am, I will always be there when you need me.”

Source : Abbi Glines (2013). “Breathe”, p.101, Simon and Schuster
“I created my own space, which was called the cave. It was a live/work space in downtown Los Angeles on 7th and Spring. When I lived there it was quite derelict. I got this massive space and half of it was my bedroom and the other half of it was the back room - no [natural] light, all fluorescent lights.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“A family is a bunch of people who keep confusing you with someone you were as a kid.”
“Each of us is like a diamond, and each of us has the potential to be brilliant.”

Source : Simon T. Bailey (2009). “Release Your Brilliance: The 4 Steps to Transforming Your Life and Revealing Your Genius to the World”, p.7, Harper Collins
“I have been envious of male characteristics, if not the men themselves. I'm jealous of the ease with which they seem to inhabit their professional pursuits: the lack of apologizing, of bending over backward to make sure the people around them are comfortable with what they're trying to do. The fact that they are so often free of the people-pleasing instincts I have considered to be a curse of my female existence.”

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