"I was the big, bossy older sister, full of enthusiasms, mad fantasies, desperate urges to be famous, and anxious to be a saint - a settled sort of saint, not one who might have to suffer or die for her faith."

-- Maeve Binchy

#Mad Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Saint Quotes

“What are you going to do when you are not saving the world.”
“Football is simple but the hardest thing to do is play simple football.”
“My parents' marriage was very rocky. They were always arguing. When they split up when I was in my 20s, my brother and I were both delighted because we knew they weren't good for each other.”

Source : "Gail Porter: My family values". Interview with Jo Mears, www.theguardian.com. February 4, 2011.
“I think while all mothers deal with feelings of guilt, working mothers are plagued by guilt on steroids!”
“No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.”

Source : Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.
“Middle-class kids get to play, develop their thinking ability. Poor kids are much more likely to get regimentation under the guise of socialization. On top of it, we have huge segregation in early childhood programs. I don't see these patterns changing anytime soon, and that's a big obstacle.”
“...no man can cause more grief than the one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancesters.”

Source : "Intruder in the Dust".
“Man cannot live without a continuous confidence in something indestructible within himself.”

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