". . . when it comes down to it, thatâ€™s what life is all about: showing up for the people you love, again and again, until you canâ€™t show up anymore."

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Source : Rebecca Walker (2008). “Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence”, p.142, Penguin

Rebecca Walker

#People Quotes #Showing Up Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“Men are less forgiving than women.”
“If you have a clear vision, you will eventually attract the right strategy. If you don't have a clear vision, no strategy will save you.”
“Being in attack mode is something I try to bring into every single game, and that's what's making me be so successful.”
“We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.”
“Strong, responsible unions are essential to industrial fair play. Without them the labor bargain is wholly one-sided. The parties to the labor contract must be nearly equal in strength if justice is to be worked out, and this means that the workers must be organized and that their organizations must be recognized by employers as a condition precedent to industrial peace.”
“There are basically two approaches to solving the problem of terrorism. One is that you understand the mind of the terrorist in order to establish defenses against it. The other is that you kill all the terrorists and all the potential terrorists.”
“The unchecked striving for more, for endless growth, is a dysfunction and a disease. It is the same dysfunction the cancerous cell manifests, whose only goal is to multiply itself, unaware that it is bringing about its own destruction by destroying the organism of which it is a part.”
“I try to work and enjoy life, and that's about all.”

Source : Interview with Sean O'Neal, music.avclub.com. December 12, 2006.

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