"Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses."

-- Isabel Allende

#Motivation Quotes #Nice Quotes #Inspiration Quotes

“I didn't come to stay. I came to make a difference.”
“Science is organized knowledge.”
“The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women were not legally allowed to get married because you couldn't have that kind of love. It might get in the way of the economics of slavery. Your children could be taken from you and literally sold down the river.”
“I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.”
“Believe that there are no limitations, no barriers to your success --- you will be empowered and you will achieve.”
“Lidia Bastianich, sorry, but kind of boring. I mean, I love Lidia, but you can fall asleep watching her. And Mario Batali? I love Mario to death... but he's not romantic or sensual. Those are the things I bring to the table.”
“There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to live it and do it.”
“His mother saw that he was not lonesome, and because she was an understanding mother, even though she was a cow, she let him just sit there and be happy.”

Source : Munro Leaf (1977). “El cuento de Ferdinando”, Puffin

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