"Usually, ordinary histories don't get the emotional feel of a period. That's what a novel can do."

-- Alix Kates Shulman

#Emotional Quotes #Ordinary Quotes #Periods Quotes

“The March on Washington affirmed our values as a people: equality and opportunity for all. Forty-one years ago, during a time of segregation, these were an ideal.”
“Impressionism means taking inspiration directly from nature, trusting your senses rather than what you think you know.”
“I've cried a hundred times at The Notebook. My wife cries and that makes me cry, and she makes me promise we're going to die in bed together. I'm like: "That's weird, I don't want to talk about that."”
“Selfishness keeps man blind through life.”
“It is very hard to stay alive just for your own sake. It is very hard to stare into day after day without another familiar face staring back. It turns your heart into a purposeless muscle.”
“The power of miracle is the power of imagination.”
“To all trans youth out there, I would like to say respect yourself and be proud of who you are. All human beings deserve equal treatment no matter their gender identity or sexuality. To be perceived as what you say you are is a basic human right,”
“Attainment is a poor measure of capacity, and ignorance no proof of defect.”

Source : Cyril Burt (1922). “Mental And Scholastic Test”

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