"When I write stories I am like someone who is in her own country, walking along streets that she has known since she was a child, between walls and trees that are hers."

-- Natalia Ginzburg

#Country Quotes #Children Quotes #Wall Quotes

“You can't take anything online personally, especially if it is negative. You can have 10 positive comments, but the one negative comment will get to you. I learned you have to stay focused on the people who love and support you.... Remember that hate comments can be a cry for help or attention. I recommend not responding at all, but if you do, be kind.”
“Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.”
“Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.”

Source : The Washington Post, November 12, 1970.
“Each one of us must ask how we contribute to the racist climate that seems only to grow stronger in spite of our best efforts at legislative and social remedies. Whether we are victims of racism or its perpetrators, we must begin on our knees.”
“I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.”

Source : FaceBook post by Yakov Smirnoff from Oct 29, 2014
“Anybody who is thinking of applying for the Scotland job in the next eight or nine years should go get themselves checked out by about 15 psychiatrists.”
“We must care. We must all care. And while I am working, while the governments is working, so must the people also work.”
“HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.”

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