"Oh! Polly thought. Why aren't all girls locked up by law the year they turn fifteen? They do such stupid things!"

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Diana Wynne Jones

#Girl Quotes #Stupid Quotes #Years Quotes

“In music everything is prolonged, everything is edified, and when the enchantment has ceased, we are still bathed in its clarity; solitude is accompanied by a new hope between pity for ourselves - which makes us more indulgent and more understanding - and the certitude of finding something again, that which lives for ever in music.”
“Obamacare is going to destroy everything we know as a nation.”
“If you run a business, put on top your employees, then your consumers, and then your shareholders.”
“Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.”
“Understanding is the key to everything. To rage, fear, love. If you understand a situation, it's going to make you mad. Or it's going to make you feel fearful. If any of us even had a clue as to what Bush and those people were up to, we'd be running stark crazy mad out of fear.”

Source : Interview with Barbara Stahura, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. January 31, 2003.
“I began to firmly change my mind when I saw how young Egyptians used Facebook, for example, to begin to coalesce their social justice movement in their country. And a good Iranian friend of mine showed me how also in Iran, till the government shut it down, much was communicated via social media. So I'm not against. I use the internet regularly to do research. It's great but you have to use your discernment, especially if researching content.”
“There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.”
“The golden rule of friendship is to listne to others as you would have them listen to you.”

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