"We do have a saying in America: if you're in a hole, stop digging ..... erm, I'm not sure I should have said that."

-- Donald Rumsfeld

#America Quotes #Digging Quotes #Holes Quotes

“Even if you have a problem, you don't need to be one.”
“The fact is that Chinese parents can do things that would seem unimaginable-even legally actionable-to Westerners. Chinese mothers can say to their daughters, "Hey fatty-lose some weight." By contrast, Western parents have to tiptoe around the issue, talking in terms of "health" and never ever mentioning the f-word, and their kids still end up in therapy for eating disorders and negative self image.”

Source : Amy Chua (2011). “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, p.10, Bloomsbury Publishing
“My dear friends you are a royal generation. You were preserved to come to the earth in this time for a special purpose. Not just a few of you, but all of you. There are things for each of you to do that no one else can do as well as you.... If you will let Him, I testify that our Father in Heaven will walk with you through the journey of life and inspire you to know your special purpose here.”
“The word [jazz] never lost its association with those New Orleans bordellos. In the 1920s I used to try to convince Fletcher Henderson that we ought to call what we were doing 'Negro music'. But it's too late for that now.”
“Drip, drip, the rain comes falling, Rain in the woods, rain on the sea; Even the little waves, beaten, come crawling As if to find shelter here with me.”
“I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part of society.”
“Most people think, when they're young, that they're going to the top of their chosen world, and that the climb up is only a formality. Without that faith, I suppose, they might never start. Somewhere on the way they lift their eyes to the summit and know they aren't going to reach it; and happiness then is looking down and enjoying the view they've got, not envying the one they haven't.”

Source : Dick Francis (2005). “Reflex”, p.18, Penguin
“The original settlers of Alaska apparently were Russian.”

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