"It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good."

-- Maria Mitchell

#Sacrifice Quotes #Ties Quotes #Affection Quotes

“They say that Japan's rigorous building codes and regulations saved thousands of lives over there. Or, as Republicans here saw it, it 'fostered a socialist, anti-business environment that's worse than being dead.'”
“I arrived in Hollywood twenty pounds overweight and as strong as an ox.”
“Nobody has ever built a reliable peer-to-peer service, where people can really access all the music they want in one location,... Once I got it into my head, I couldn't imagine the media space without one.”
“To hear complaints is wearisome alike to the wretched and the happy.”
“I grew up in a show-business family, but we were working-class show business. There was nothing glamorous about it. You had great things one day and the next day, nothing.”
“It is hard to battle anger, for whatever it wants it pays from the soul.”

Source : Janet Morris, Chris Morris (2010). “The Sacred Band”, p.37, Paradise Publishing
“Whatâ€™s hard about being on the other side of the world is that sometimes the problem feels so big that changing one life doesnâ€™t feel like enough. But it is.”
“You win any which way you can. You do what you have to do to get by. That's the way it works in any job.”

Source : "One more rally" with Sally Vincent, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2005.

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