"I think maybe the rural influence in my life helped me in a sense, of knowing how to get close to people and talk to them and get my work done."

-- Gordon Parks

#Thinking Quotes #Knowing Quotes #People Quotes

“We are all capable of greater things than we realize.”
“Jesus & his apostles & disciples were all artists”
“I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks - thinner, drier skin.”

Source : "What I see in the mirror" by Thandie Newton, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2011.
“Even the promiscuous feel pain.”
“A thousand trees are seen towards heaven rising, With beautiful and sweetly-scented apples; The orange, wearing on its lovely fruit The colour Daphne carried in her hair; Bent low, nay almost fallen to the ground, The citron, heavy with its yellow load; And, last, the graceful lemon with its fruit Of pleasant smell and shaped like virgins' breasts.”
“The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough.”
“Women are like pumpkins; you search and search for the perfect one, bring it home, and the next thing you know, you're looking for a knife.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dana Gould from Oct 08, 2012
“If you find someone who agrees with you 80 percent of the time that is your friend not your enemy.”

Source : "John Ensign's Unapologetic Critique". voices.washingtonpost.com. April 23, 2009.

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