"I was in fact pretty much - by the larger culture, by the local culture, by people around me, by people on TV - encouraged to imagine women as something slightly inferior to men."

-- Junot Diaz

#Men Quotes #People Quotes #Culture Quotes

“Miss Piggy and Chicken Little may rest easy, but gay people in Florida and California can no longer get married.”

Source : "Samantha Ronson: Defeat of Gay Measures 'Frightening'" by Mike Fleeman, people.com. November 6, 2008.
“We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.”

Source : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “Kavanagh: A Tale”, p.3
“envy, as a rule, is of success rather than of merit. No one would have objected to his talent deserving recognition - only to his getting it.”

Source : Ada Leverson (1951). “The limit”
“Gold loves to make its way through guards, and breaks through barriers of stone more easily than the lightning's bolt.”
“God is resplendently reflected in the souls of His chosen ones, and these pure souls, these images of God, like the transparent glass, shine forth like gold in the sun, like diamonds of the purest water, but they shine for God and the angels, not revealing their brightness to men, although at times, by God's ordering, they do shine even for them, by the light of their faith, their virtues, when necessary, similar to a candle put on a candlestick in a room, and lighting the room with all those who are in it. (cf. Mt. 5:15).”
“The most important advice I can offer is that writing is a craft that you can learn by practicing. If you keep writing, you will improve.”
“I never stop being a mother and I never stop being an artist. You understand? Which is probably why my kids are so creative, because it's not separated.”
“Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it's the last time.”

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