"My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were born, in Jay County, to have a college degree. She was educated as a pianist and she wanted to concertize, but when the war came she was married, had a family, so she started teaching."

-- Twyla Tharp

#Mother Quotes #War Quotes #Teaching Quotes

“A manâ€™s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.”
“I am a farmer singing at the plow”

Source : Jesse Stuart (1938). “Beyond Dark Hills”
“We need to make people understand that there is a definite connection between what happens in their everyday lives and the decisions we make in Washington, D.C.”
“Because Iâ€™ve had a taste and Iâ€™m not sharing. This isnâ€™t just for fun. I may be slightly addicted.”
“It's amazing that for actors mostly, it's a risk to attach yourself to a film that you don't know whether or not it's going to even be made and if you sign on, in doing so, who else is going to be in the movie with you.”
“The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.”
“Honey the party went away quickly, but thats the trouble with ticking and talking.”
“I hadn't fully realized just how powerful words could be before this. Whoever came up with the saying 'sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me' was talking out of his or her armpit.”

Source : Malorie Blackman (2007). “Black & White”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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