"I would like to be a part of a community of women, and help women be empowered, but I think I'm not necessarily political. I say that because I really hate politicians, so I don't fancy sitting around and thinking about them all the time."

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Source : "I do think we've gone a bunch of steps backwards as a culture". Interview with Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. July 02, 2011.

Rickie Lee Jones

#Hate Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Community Quotes

“I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.”
“Children allowed to take responsibility and given a serious part in the larger world are always superior to those merely permitted to play and be passive.”
“Don't give in to excuses that can keep you from really living the best life God has for you.”
“Children, we should visit homes of the poor, orphanages and hospitals from time to time. We should take our family members along and offer assistance and look after the welfare of inmates. A word spoken with love and concern will give them more comfort than any amount of money. That will lead to the expansion of our hearts as well.”
“Columbus and his men, they say, Conveyed the virus hither Whereby my features rot away And vital powers wither; Yet had they not traversed the seas And come infected back, Why, think of all the luxuries That modern life would lack.”

Source : 1957 'Pangloss's Song', from Candide.
“Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do.”

Source : Elizabeth Bowen (1938). “The death of the heart”, Viking Pr
“Conscience tells us that we ought to do right, but it does not tell us what right is - that we are taught by God's word.”
“Any ***** can chase a skirt, art takes discipline.”

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