"And it was always the stories that needed the telling that gave us the rope we could cross any river with. They balanced us high above any crevasse. They made us be natural acrobats. They made us brave. They met us well. They changed us. It was in their nature to."

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Source : Ali Smith (2007). “Girl Meets Boy”, p.160, Canongate Books

Ali Smith

#Rivers Quotes #Brave Quotes #Rope Quotes

“As his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it.”

Source : Ann Romney addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, www.npr.org. August 28, 2012.
“In spite of the Depression, or maybe because of it, folks were hungry for a good time, and an evening of dancing seemed a good way to have it.”

Source : Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1973). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”
“I've played too many tennis hours.”
“Children know you ought to be fair. Especially fifth graders. I love fifth graders. They know that bullying is wrong. They know that you should praise one another, and that differences make a strong community. So sometimes I feel as though I can't wait for the fifth graders to grow up and rule the world.”

Source : Source: www.hbook.com
“Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets.”
“Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japan's action at the top of her voice, but Japan must adhere to her course unswervingly.”

Source : "China and America" by Foster Rhea Dulles, (p. 200), 1981.
“Men suck. - Not all men. Just the really good ones.”
“In order to go on with our lives, we are always capable of making the ominous into the merely strange.”

Source : Tracy Kidder (2009). “Strength in What Remains”, p.111, Random House

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