"Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea."

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John Gimlette

#Giving Up Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Diplomats Quotes

“1992 became known as the 'Year of the Woman' because so many of us were elected to public office that November, including a record six to the United States Senate.”

Source : "Getting Beyond 'Firsts'” by Dee Dee Myers, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 8, 2010.
“Our true character comes out in the way we pray.”
“There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.”
“Why does everyone talk about the past? All that counts is tomorrow's game.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“That can be undersold, I think, the importance when you're trying to do something good is that everybody understands the director's vision, everybody believes in it, and everybody can find their own path to supporting it, and that's how you end with a great movie.”
“Let our scars fall in love.”
“We pass the billboard and I console myself in two ways. First, I know that most photographs taken are a gamble at best. Second and more important: I remind myself to find the pleasure in this moment, a time in which the red sky passes to black, children create unanticipated rhymes, and the stars fall closer to earth.”
“I began to be a woman at twelve, or more properly, a genius.”

Source : Mary MacLane (2014). “I Await the Devil's Coming: The Story of Mary MacLane”, p.94, The Floating Press

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