"After I got married, the first child born to us was mentally handicapped."

-- Kenzaburo Oe

#Children Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Married Quotes

“I would love to say that I'm a humanist, but I think the word "feminist" still needs to exist to acknowledge that there's still a problem. It's a statement; we're not equal yet. There's still a fight to be fought.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“When I had my first boy it all started and that male energy seemed to keep me awake but since my daughter, who's incredibly serene, I can't seem to stop sleeping because she's asleep all the time. It's a pattern.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I don't live in the past. I just live in the enjoyment of the game.”

Source : "Joe Montana finds empty nest in San Francisco". Interview with Sam Whiting, www.sfgate.com. July 6, 2010.
“If it is important do it everyday”
“The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact.”
“I have been able to tap into all the negative things that can happen to me throughout my life by numbing myself to the pain so to speak and kind of being able to vent it through my music.”

Source : "What we need to learn from Linkin Park frontman's death" by Clay Cane, www.cnn.com. July 20, 2017.
“I spent the morning smashing fliesI killed one fly against the doorjamb. Another I stalked into the kitchen...A third fly wavered by the kitchen window. When I swatted, a wild ferocious swing, a whole trembling crowd shot from the window like pebbles from a blunderbuss, then settled back. My heart pounded. I felt flushed with disgust and irritation. Why must I always have such obstacles to my writing?”
“When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.”

Source : I'm No Angel (motion picture) (1933)

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