"Most African women are taught to endure abusive marriages. They say endurance means a good wife but most women endure abusive relationship because they are not empowered economically; they depend on their husbands."

-- Joyce Banda

#Husband Quotes #Mean Quotes #Wife Quotes

“We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.”

Source : "Judith Butler: 'What value do the humanities have?'". McGill University speech, speakola.squarespace.com. May 30, 2013.
“When the first record came out, I'd go down to radio stations pretty much every day to get the record played, and I would walk in and they'd tell us how much they loved the record, but they weren't sure how much they could play it because they were already playing a girl.”
“American sex is generally straight. It happens at 11 o'clock Saturday night. In the rural areas, it happens at nine and it happens pretty fast. Got to get up the next morning, especially if there're kids. Can't make noise, either, wake the kids.”
“I've learned to never expect or require performances that exceed the player's ability. If they just equal their ability, that's what you want.”
“The best place to start an adventure is with a quiet, perfect life . . . and someone who realizes that it canâ€™t possibly be enough.”

Source : Kevin J. Anderson, Neil Peart (2012). “Clockwork Angels: The Novel”, p.13, ECW Press
“At the beginning of the book [The Dissemblers], Ivy [Wilkes] has a long way to go in order to achieve self-sufficiency. Although she is very independent, even somewhat of a loner, she is very affected by other peoples' opinions. At the opening of the book, her ideas of success and achievement are largely defined by the approval of others; over the arc of the story, I think that begins to change a little.”
“My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel.”
“No political politicians on the board and stop sub-contracting anyway, which means getting out of Iraq. If anything needs to be policed, it needs to be done through a proper international body... not through us sub-contracting teams of mercenaries.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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