"When a child is born, the entire Universe has to shift and make room. Another entity capable of free will, and therefore capable of becoming God, has been born."

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Source : Ina May Gaskin (2010). “Spiritual Midwifery”, p.13, Book Publishing Company

Ina May Gaskin

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“I always loved twilight: it was the only time of day I had the feeling that something important could happen. All things were more beautiful bathed in twilight, all streets, all squares, and all the people walking through them; I even had the feeling that I was a handsome young man, and I liked looking at myself in the mirror, watching myself in the shop windows as I strode along, and even when I touched my face, I felt no wrinkles at my mouth or forehead.”

Source : Bohumil Hrabal (1992). “Too Loud a Solitude”, p.41, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right. Which one are you?”
“Mulberry Garden, now the only place of refreshment about the town for persons of the best quality to be exceeding cheated at.”

Source : E. S. de Beer (ed.) 'The Diary of John Evelyn' (1955) vol. 3, p. 96 (10 May 1654)
“I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre.”
“I was telling somebody about in grammar school we used to have the duck-and-cover drills where we'd have to go down to a fallout shelter in the basement. We'd sit on our butts on the ground next to the wall with a textbook over our heads and our knees sort of drawn up to our chest. I don't think they still do that. They're sort of sobering. You leave recess and come in for the apocalypse drill.”

Source : Interview with Vlada Gelman, www.avclub.com. February 24, 2011.
“A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.”
“Now get in the cartoonishly evil vehicle and drive!”
“Carol Burnett, who played Miss Hannigan in Annie, is as funny as it gets.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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