"Money, when considered as the fruit of many years' industry, as the reward of labor, sweat and toil, as the widow's dowry and children's portion, and as the means of procuring the necessaries and alleviating the afflictions of life, and making old age a scene of rest, has something in it sacred that is not to be sported with, or trusted to the airy bubble of paper currency."

-- Thomas Paine

#Children Quotes #Mean Quotes #Years Quotes

“I have never gone on a real trip, never taken a holiday. The best holiday for me is spent in my workshops when nearly everybody else is on vacation.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Black revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. Shaped by our oppression.”

Source : Assata Shakur (1987). “Assata: An Autobiography”, p.67, Zed Books
“We did some cool wire work in 'The Pact' - they had me strapped to a harness underneath my shirt so they could fling me around the house and slam me into doors. I definitely got some bruises even with all the padding!”
“we never know the blessings bestowed on us until we are separated from the possession of them.”
“Jacob Zuma built a 2 million rand swimming pool, but no one in the family knows how to swim”
“Realizing that people should lie when they do makes me a little more open-minded, a little more tolerant, when my child or my partner lies.”
“CEOs of fossil energy companies know what they are doing and are aware of long-term consequences of continued business as usual. In my opinion, these CEOs should be tried for high crimes against humanity and nature.”
“I did a commercial when I was, like, 5 or 6 years old for... what was it called?... Cabbage Patch Kids! That was the first thing I ever did. Little bit embarrassing.”

Source : "Q&A: Logan Lerman Saves the Day (and D'Artagnan) in 'Musketeers'". Interview with Kevin Polowy, www.mtv.com. October 18, 2011.

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