"Sometimes, some of us in some things we do know better. When we know better, I think it's imperative that we do better. Otherwise we're perpetuating myths that have for centuries done us no good. Men and women alike. No one is exempt from being called into consciousness."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Jill Alexander Essbaum

#Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Good Man Quotes

“I had a tough time 12 years ago getting 'Driving Miss Daisy' off the ground. Today, it would be impossible.”

Source : "Read or Listen to the YES MAN Press Conference with Producers David Heyman, Richard Zanuck and director Peyton Reed". YES MAN Press Conference, collider.com. December 17, 2008.
“Rivalry is one of the factors pushing me. While my back was turned, the Norwegians managed to achieve the first Arctic crossing in winter. I didn't want the same to happen in the Antarctic.”
“A professional is one who believes he has invented breathing.”

Source : Peter Porter (1970). “The last of England”, Not Avail
“What I like is bottomless flattery.”
“God didn't bless me with success so I could eat caviar every day.”

Source : Kathie Lee Gifford, Jim Jerome (1993). “I Can't Believe I Said That!”, Pocket
“I really want people to understand that nobody is perfect and that things happen in life beyond our control.”
“If a president can change some laws, can he change ALL laws? Can he change election laws? Can he change discrimination laws? Are there any laws, under your theory, that he actually HAS to enforce?”
“It is very much easier to work than to pray. Most of the missionaries are earnest workers. But are we all that we should be in the matter of prayer? Let us not suppose that just any sort of praying will do for China. We must all wrestle with God. 'I will not let Thee go unless Thou bless China.' It must come to this if the conversion of the Chinese is ever to be an accomplished fact. Such is my conviction. Let me remind you that the greatest importunity is not incompatible with the profoundest submission to the Divine will.”

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