"I had a very intense relationship with my father, who was always extremely interested in what we kids were doing. I actually think the secret of many successful women is having a father who encourages them."

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

#Father Quotes #Kids Quotes #Successful Quotes

“I'm a kid checking mail, a kid on his cell with his questions: are we in love, Life, are we exclusive, are we forever?”
“Why should all life be work, when we all can borrow. Let's think only of today, and not worry about tomorrow.”
“I'm going to be me as I am, and you can beat me or jail me or even kill me, but I'm not going to be what you want me to be.”

Source : "Cry Freedom: Richard Attenborough makes a Mandela of Steve Biko" by Alex von Tunzelmann, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2010.
“The deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives.”
“And that's the mission of The Innocence Project in New York, is to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted, and also work from a policy angle with Congress and state legislatures to prevent future wrongful convictions.”
“In every detail a city should reflect that human beings are sacred and that they are equal,”
“The grave, where sets the orb of being, sets To rise, ascend, and culminate above Eternity's horizon evermore.”

Source : Abraham Coles (1880). “The microcosm, and other poems”
“We say that life is sweet, its satisfactions deep. All this we say, as we sleepwalk our time through years of days and nights. We let time cascade over us like a waterfall, believing it to be never-ending. Yet each day that touches us, and every man in the world, is unique; irredeemable; over. And just another Monday.”

Source : Josephine Hart (1991). “Damage: a novel”, Alfred A. Knopf

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