"For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended."

-- Alice Walker

#Long Quotes #Shy Quotes #Ugly Quotes

“When men hire themselves out to shoot other men to order, asking nothing about the justice of their cause, I don't care if they are shot themselves.”
“His enemies had counted on the lions taking care of Daniel. What they hadn't counted on was his God taking care of Daniel.”
“Cows in India occupy the same position in society as women did in England before they got the vote. Woman was revered but not encouraged. Her life was one long obstacle race owing to the anxiety of man to put pedestals at her feet. While she was falling over the pedestals she was soothingly told that she must occupy a Place Apart - and indeed, so far Apart did her place prove to be that it was practically out of earshot. The cow in India finds her position equally lofty and tiresome. You practically never see a happy cow in India.”
“Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.”
“I love the theatre and theatre people.”
“Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.”
“We want to put sportsmanship back in the equation.”
“Sports are not for everyone.”

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