"Sometimes I think the choir gets a little ticked with me because I haven't sung in a long time and I can sing"

-- Della Reese

#Thinking Quotes #Long Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Most higher education is devoted to affirming the traditions and origins of an existing elite and transmitting them to new members.”

Source : Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.71, Grove Press
“Why put make-up on when you only have to take it off again?”
“We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity â€” a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.”
“Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.”
“Think chest/hips/ push, or CHP, when it's time for uphill running. Chest up, hips forward, push strongly off each foot.”
“Nowhere can anyone find a #â€Ž quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his or her own #â€Ž soul . We need to turn some things down and turn some things off. We need to be #â€Ž quiet .”
“People are not their behaviors.”
“True compassion is about not bruising the other personâ€™s self-respect.”

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