"Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other peopleâ€™s."

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Anais Nin

#Break Up Quotes #People Quotes #World Quotes

“Be honest and work hard to get what you want. Don't take shortcuts; you only cheat yourself in the long run. Success is not measured by money or fame, but by how you feel about your own goals and accomplishments and the time and effort you put into them.”
“Be hated. One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, itâ€™s often the case that one is hated precisely because one is trying to do right by oneâ€™s own convictions. It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions. Then one will gravitate towards the centre and settle into the average. That cannot be your role. There are a great many bad people in the world, and if you are not offending them, you must be bad yourself.”
“My mother was a librarian, and she worked at the Black Resource Center in South Central Los Angeles and would call me to tell me stories that she read about that were interesting to her.”

Source : "Karyn Parsons’ Mission To Share The Untold Stories Of Black History Heroes". Interview with Jessica Dickerson, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 1, 2014.
“Child care can almost bankrupt a family, even a two-parent household in which both parents are working. That keeps a parent from being at ease and it really stifles the social and economic growth of a family. Women are hit hard across the board, but particularly in homes where the mother is the head of the household and the only wage-earner. It hurts her, and it hurts her children.”
“I am going out one door, and shall go through another.”
“To pray as God would have us pray is the greatest achievement of earth.”
“God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men.”
“... we chase after ghosts and spirits and are left holding only memories and dreams. It's not that we want what we can't have; it's that we've held all we could want and then had to watch it slip away.”

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