"Baby, we have no choice of what color we're born or who our parents are or whether we're rich or poor. What we do have is some choice over what we make of our lives once we're here."

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Source : Mildred D. Taylor (2004). “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)”, p.96, Penguin

Mildred D. Taylor

#Inspirational Quotes #Motivational Quotes #Baby Quotes

“Weâ€™re going jogging.â€ â€œI donâ€™t run for recreation. I run when someoneâ€™s after me with a weapon.â€ â€œThat can be arranged,”
“Obviously, in journalism, you're confined to what happens. And the tendency to embellish, to mythologize, it's in us. It makes things more interesting, a closer call. But journalism taught me how to write a sentence that would make someone want to read the next one.”
“Treat the world the way you want to be treated.”
“Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.”

Source : "A Toolbox for Humanity: More Than 9000 Years of Thought". Book by Lloyd Albert Johnson, 2003.
“In every aspect of the religious life, American faith has met American culture--and American culture has triumphed.”

Source : Alan Wolfe (2005). “The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Live Our Faith”, p.3, University of Chicago Press
“Scheduling down time as part of your routine is hard but worth it, personally, even professionally.”
“Ideas are useless unless used. The proof of their value is in their implementation. Until then, they are in limbo.”

Source : Theodore Levitt (1974). “Marketing for business growth”, McGraw-Hill Companies
“Remembering. Forgetting. I'm not sure which is worse.”

Source : Kelley Armstrong (2014). “Darkness Rising Trilogy, 3-book bundle: The Gathering, The Calling, The Rising”, p.223, Penguin

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