"I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time"

-- Sara Paretsky

#Girl Quotes #Home Quotes #Kansas Quotes

“I have a lot of watches that need to be kept wound, so if I take two of them on a trip, there's always one sitting around. And if it sits around for a day, then it'll stop working. And then you have to reset the time and date, which is annoying.”
“There's no such thing as a trade deficit.”
“You don't have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.”
“To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on the contrary, saying he has a weak brain is a crime.”
“Above all, I know that life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference.”

Source : "New York to Nova Scotia".
“It became easy for me to detach myself from the course of life, so that while my hands and mind were engaged in the common affairs of every day, my spirit maintained its attitude of communion with God.”

Source : John G. Lake (2012). “Living In God's Power”, p.172, Whitaker House
“I was taking my dog out the other day and I met this chap who asked me where I was going. The dog is foaming at the mouth, so I explained that I was on my way to the vet to have it put down. He asked if it was mad, to which I replied that it wasn't exactly pleased about it.”
“The Xbox 360 is the first console that I've ever worked with that actually has development tools that are better for games than what we've had on PC.”

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