"My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20."

-- Mary Wesley

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #Years Quotes

“I think it's overly simplistic to say that any one single strategy is going to really change the focus and change the trajectory of drug use.”
“It's fine to be sexy, but you can be sexy without licking a hammer!”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“I don't read reviews.”
“I'm very much about letting other people shine, because it makes us all shine brighter.”

Source : "Chelsea Handler Puts it All Out There". Interview with Marisa Fox, www.redbookmag.com. February 10, 2012.
“I pu my finger to her lips. "You have to hush a minute so that I can tell you something." "What?" she says, bites my finger. I look at her. "I love you." She gets quiet, the kind of quiet that sinks into her, softens her. "Well that works out," she finally says, her voice deeper and breathless, her eyes moist, "because I love you too." She turns, leans against my arm, and settles into me.”
“Free women and men everywhere must wage an incessant campaign so that these human values become a generally recognized and practised reality. We must regretfully admit that in various parts of the world this is not yet the case. Without those values and human rights the real peace of which we dream is jeopardized.”
“No mother wants to hear her son say he's gay. Those two words rip the picture of a daughter-in-law and grandchildren into pieces. I felt sorry for my mom and wanted her to know everything was going to be all right. But then she said, 'I don't really care, Johnny, as long as I know that you are going to be happy.'”
“I don't want to make plop art â€” sculpture that just gets plopped down in places. I wouldn't want to litter every corner of the world with my sculpture.”

Source : "Boxing Clever". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. October 16, 2005.

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