"In our minds lives the madonna image--the all-embracing, all- giving tranquil mother of a Raphael painting, one child at her breast, another at her feet; a woman fulfilled, one who asks nothing more than to nurture and nourish. This creature of fantasy, this myth, is the model--the unattainable ideal against which women measure, not only their performance, but their feelings about being mothers."

-- Lillian B. Rubin

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Feet Quotes

“Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.”
“The real is only one realization of the possible.”
“In the final analysis our greatest problem with holiness is not that our concepts of holiness are feeble, but that our hearts are rebellious. We are selfish , that's our problem. And the fact that we often won't admit our selfishness shows how deep the pride goes.”
“We had an episode where Bud asks his dad, I was named after the beer, right, Dad? And Ed ONeill, who played my dad, says, Uh. . . . Right, son! My theory is that Bud Bundy was named after marijuana.”
“It's interesting to see what people are saying about me. I like keep up with the latest rumors! A while back there was a rumor that I was going to do a film with Demi Moore about the takeover of Commodore computers!”

Source : Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. March 1, 2010.
“We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.”

Source : Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.611, Macmillan
“Look, little currant bush, I am the gardener here, and I know what I want you to be. I didnâ€™t intend you to be a fruit tree or a shade tree. I want you to be a currant bush, and some day, little currant bush, when you are laden with fruit, you are going to say, â€˜Thank you, Mr. Gardener, for loving me enough to cut me down, for caring enough about me to hurt me. Thank you, Mr. Gardener.â€™”
“I'll let you in on a secret: I can't stand Jay Ward. I hate being compared to Rocky and Bullwinkle. It's just a different style of humor.”

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