"I remember wondering, within a year or two of taking my first my first steps, why only men sat to drink tea and converse, and why women were always busy. I reasoned that men were weak and needed rest."

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Source : Lawrence Hill (2008). “Someone Knows My Name: A Novel”, p.25, W. W. Norton & Company

Lawrence Hill

#Men Quotes #Two Quotes #Years Quotes

“To invoke the origin of the DNA/protein machine by invoking a supernatural Designer is to explain precisely nothing - for it leaves unexplained the origin of the Designer.”
“But be careful about the parts you agree to play...You never know when one is going to stick.”
“I'm brilliant as well as skilled," he said modestly. "It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good looks. But I try to soldier on as best I can.”
“New York is a great place to be fed in the arts. The arts in general are a large part of my life. The city was my postgraduate course.”
“For the cause that lacks assistance, The wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do.”

Source : George Linnaeus Banks (1853). “Pearls from the Belfry: Lyrics”, p.30
“I've often argued that oil and gas exploration is a state's rights issue. It is abundantly clear that the State of Florida does not want drilling to negatively affect its beaches and shores”
“I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting. It was a lot of work - anything other than Shakespeare was less work. I had a lot of interesting roles, but I don't point to them and say, "That was more interesting than that," because I don't know what the criteria are.”
“Piracy is our only option.”

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