"I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a childrens author, a distance runner, a poet, a pianist, a pet store owner, an astronaut, an environmental and humanitarian activist, a psychiatrist, a ballet teacher, and the first woman president."

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Source : Rachel Corrie (2009). “Let Me Stand Alone: The Journals of Rachel Corrie”, p.16, W. W. Norton & Company

Rachel Corrie

#Mother Quotes #Teacher Quotes #Distance Quotes

“I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.”
“The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God.”
“The key to successful aging is...to pay as little attention to it as possible.”
“The Congress of Vienna does not walk, but it dances.”
“You know how it feels when you're in love with somebody and you long to be with that person? God wants us to feel that way about Him.”
“How low, how little are the proud, How indigent the great!”

Source : 1748 Ode on the Spring, l.19-20.
“Will today be the day you decide once and for all to make your life consistent with the quality of your spirit? Then start by proclaiming, "This is what I am. This is what my life is about. And this is what I'm going to do. Nothing will stop me from achieving my destiny. I will not be denied!”
“He hates me more," says Peeta. "I don't think people in general are his sort of thing.”

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