"Having your second child, in case you were wondering, is a lot harder than having your first, except for those people who find it easier. I'm afraid I don't have the latest figures to confirm this."

-- Rachel Cusk

#Children Quotes #People Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Oh, don't be silly - EVERYONE wants this. Everyone wants to be *us*.”
“The search for safety takes its clearest form... in the compulsive-obsessive neurosis... to frantically order and stabilize the world so that no unmanageable, unexpected or unfamiliar dangers will ever appear.”
“One of the best ways to practice the presence of the Lord is to thank Him all the time.”

Source : Joseph Prince (2011). “100 Days of Favor”, p.77, Charisma Media
“Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement.”

Source : "Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education of the 21st Century". www.nwp.org. 2006.
“Some of my favorite music is incredibly repetitive, or on the surface has an element of repetition. But once you go beneath the surface, you realize in the repetition is constant variation.”

Source : "Deerhoof". Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. January 29, 2007.
“According to polls, a majority (around 60+ percent) opposes the radar base. But it's not necessarily the sensible part of the Czech population. The demonstrations against the base are usually organized by communists, Islamists, and "peaceful feminists" (which is fortunately not a numerous group).”
“We have built no temple but the Capitol. We consult no common oracle but the Constitution.”

Source : Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862). “Memoir. Lectures and addresses”, p.345
“I'm not going to make movies that tell children, "You should despair and run away".”

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