"At the time I was taught to read, it was an Eden-like time of my life. My mother adored me. Everyone adored me. So I associate reading with enormous pleasure."

-- Jamaica Kincaid

#Mother Quotes #Reading Quotes #Eden Quotes

“All businesses and jobs depend on a vast number of people, often unnoticed and unthanked, without which nothing really gets done. They are all human and deserve respect and gratitude.”
“I like to think there are a lot of balls in the air, and the kids are not one that I choose to drop. They have been a priority and I have a career that allows for a little more flexibility at times and hours that are quite mom-friendly.”
“I read somewhere that drummers are practically Olympic athletes. I feel pretty good, most of the time. After 38 years, I can't expect much better than that!”
“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
“Evolution explains our biological evolution, but human beings are very unique creatures. As the Dobzhansky said, all animals are unique; humans are the uniquest. And that uniqueness of being human, language, art, culture, our dependency on culture for survival, comes from the combination of traditional biological evolution.”

Source : "How Will Humans Evolve?". bigthink.com. 2017.
“At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!”

Source : Kwame Nkrumah's first independence speech, www.myjoyonline.com. March 6, 1957.
“I didn't get my first car until I was 22. It was a BMW 1602 and now I've got it back I'm waiting to restore it.”
“If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That's the single most important thing you could do. It's staggering when you think about it. Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty.”

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