"Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes."

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Source : Gloria Naylor (2017). “Mama Day: A Novel”, p.185, Open Road Media

Gloria Naylor

#Daughter Quotes #Fathers Day Quotes #Dad Quotes

“If you've ever really been poor, you remain poor at heart all your life.”
“It is through suppression that hells are formed in us.”

Source : Susan Glaspell, George Cram Cook (1921). “Plays”
“Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.”
“Do you feel it's right for the England Captain to avoid his media duties?”
“The purpose and function of government is not to preside over change but to prevent change. By political methods when unavoidable, by violence when convenient.”
“I am not angry. I am just disappointed that, once again, a hotel has tried to convince me it will move heaven and earth to ensure I am comfortable when, in reality, it won't even pass me the coffee pot!”

Source : Richard Quest's blog for CNN, August 29, 2007.
“Obviously I'm not a role model for impressionable youth.”
“One of the dangers of being here [the Senate] a while is you may have been on record directly and diametrically opposed to what one is saying today.”

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