"I was lucky that my mother had a very well-adjusted perspective of the world, and never pressured me to do anything I didn't want to do."

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw

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“A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats. You may strip off the outer ones without doing much mischief, perhaps none at all ; but you keep taking off one after another, in expectation of coming to the inner nucleus, including the whole value of the matter. It proves, however, that there is no such nucleus, and that chastity is diffused through the whole series of coats, is lessened with the removal of each, and vanishes with the final one which you supposed would introduce you to the hidden pearl.”
“The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow.”
“If you are going to follow Jesus, you better look good on wood.”
“I am proud that my collections have received such praise, and I am even more proud to share the stage with so many talented designers.”
“What kind of leader sends congressmen out on a kamikaze mission in an election year and right before a recess? The kind of leader whose followers are diminishing in number.”
“Grace could not have done itâ€™s curing work if the law had not first done its crushing work.”
“The essence of true nobility is neglect of self. Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of a great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.”
“Honest change? Honest? Has someone altered the definition of the word while my back was turned, or have you recently developed a sense of humor?”

Source : Ellen Kushner (2006). “The Privilege of the Sword”, p.109, Spectra

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