"The secret of secrets is inside me again"

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Source : "A land not mine, still". Poem by Anna Akhmatova, as published in "The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova" edited by Roberta Reeder and translated by Judith Hemschemeyer, 1990.

Anna Akhmatova

“The toughest workout can never match the pain of being out of work.”
“Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.”
“Women must begin to "save" themselves and their daughters before they "save" their husbands and their sons; before they "save" the whole world.”

Source : Phyllis Chesler (1973). “Women & madness”
“I want to lead a nation where anyone who aims high can achieve their dreams.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One of the biggest lies in capitalism is that companies like competition. They don't. Nobody likes competition.”

Source : "How Wall Street Scams Counties Into Bankruptcy" by William D. Cohan, www.bloomberg.com. July 02, 2012.
“I believe in love, but I don't sit around waiting for it. I buy houses.”
“Who am I? I'm just a writer. I write things down. I walk through your dreams and invent the future. Sure, I sink the boat of love, but that comes later. And yes, I swallow glass, but that comes later.”
“I only share when I have no unmet needs that I'm trying to fill. I firmly believe that being vulnerable with a larger audience is only a good idea if the healing is tied to the sharing, not to the expectations I might have for the response I get.”

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