"I know there's a part of the feminist world that is like, "Hey, screw 'em, we'll do our own thing over here," and I can see there's a value in that. But a kind of nudgy part of me thinks: No. I want access, and I want my daughters to have access to the exact same thing, because we all know there's no such thing as separate but equal."

“[There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that it needs to sit quietly, to retreat from touch and noise and drama, in order to evolve. I have to admit, I often feel that way myself.”

“I come from a long line of generations!”

“There are more lines formed than things worth waiting for.”

“My grandfather taught me how important it is to have your eyes open,because you never know what's going to come your way.”

“To succeed in any undertaking, any art or any trade or any profession, simply keep it ever persistently fixed in mind as an aim, and then study to make all effort toward it play or recreation. The moment it becomes hard work, we are not advancing.”

Source : Prentice Mulford (2015). “The Prentice Mulford Premium Collection: “New Thought” Studies, Novels & Memoirs: Thoughts Are Things, The God In You, Your Forces and How to Use Them, Life By Land and Sea, Swamp Angel and more (Wisdom & Empowerment Series)”, p.441, e-artnow

“He (Tommy Pettitte [father] coached me as kid. He bought all the books and videos and tried to learn as much about pitching as he could. But once I was in high school, he never tried to be my coach.”

“Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more.”

Source : "A Place Where Happiness Is Truly Supreme" by Ed and Deb Shapiro, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 2, 2012.

“The liberal groups spent months raising money so they could take down anyone President Bush nominated. But they have not been able to touch judge Roberts.”