"My mother's studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family."

-- Emma Bonino

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #School Quotes

“Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influence.”
“When there are no women on the tour it can get awful and ugly - constant horrible jokes and gross behaviour. It needs to be leavened with a feminine presence.”

Source : "I can't completely let go of drugs - and I don't want to" by Mat Snow, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2006.
“My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out.”

Source : "The derisory pensions offer hits women workers hard" by Frances O'Grady, www.theguardian.com. November 30, 2011.
“There is now doubt in our minds that Nasser, whether he likes it or not, is now effectively in Russian hands, just as Mussolini was in Hitler's. It would be as ineffective to show weakness to Nasser now in order to placate him as it was to show weakness to Mussolini.”

Source : Anthony Eden (1960). “The Memoirs of Full Circle”
“At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody. So this thing where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other, it's usually a load of bull. So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we've chosen those people, we tend to stick close by. No matter how much we hurt them. The people that are still with you at the end of the day, those are the ones worth keeping. And sure, sometimes close can be too close. But sometimes, that invasion of personal space, it can be exactly what you need.”
“Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is.”
“Pose your questions to people and you will get countless useless answers.”
“The contemporary authors I most admire are Nick Hornby and Jonathan Tropper.”

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