"I have often reflected within myself on this unaccountable humor in womankind of being smitten with everything that is showy and superficial, and on the numberless evils that befall the sex from this light fantastical disposition."

-- Joseph Addison

#Sex Quotes #Light Quotes #Evil Quotes

“You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.”
“Business leaders cannot be bystanders.”
“The notion that the records of government are the property of the people is radically democratic, but it is broken in practice.”
“If you don't know what tomorrow holds, you need to know who holds tomorrow!”

Source : Interview with Douglas Foster, www.motherjones.com. March/April 2000.
“You can't improvise if you are tense. Or thinking too much. You have to really let it go.”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Joy Bryant Survives Being the Villainess of Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins!" by B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. February 05, 2008.
“The earth is, like our own skin, fated to carry the scars of ancient wounds.”

Source : Fernand Braudel (1990). “The Identity of France: History and environment”, Harpercollins
“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”
“A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.”

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