"As to the family, I have never understood how that fits in with the other ideals -- or, indeed, why it should be an ideal at all."

-- Rose Macaulay

#Fit Quotes #Should Quotes #Understood Quotes

“The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.”
“To be longing for this thing to-day and for that thing to-morrow; to change likings for loathings, and to stand wishing and hankering at a venture--how is it possible for any man to be at rest in this fluctuant, wandering humor and opinion?”
“Earthly regeneration is a parable, but just alone a parable of the things to come.”
“Itâ€™s harder to come back than it is to arrive.”
“Laughter is very infectious, and why it should be so is a most interesting neurological problem. But it also has other, more physiological, benefits. Apparently it boosts the immune system, reduces stress hormones, massages the heart and diaphragm and engenders a 'feel good' factor.”
“Since time immemorial, youth has set the universal standard of physical beauty, and the reason is simply that a shapely firm young face and body are more attractive sexually and aesthetically than bulges, sags and wrinkles.”
“I really get fired up with female protagonists. I can really feel the difference in myself when I am writing a script that has a woman at the center.”
“It was said that Chile was not ready to vote for a woman, it was traditionally a sexist country. In the end, the reverse happened: the fact of being a woman became a symbol of the process of cultural change the country was undergoing.”

Source : "Michelle, top woman in a macho world" by Diane Dixon, www.theguardian.com. April 02, 2006.

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