"No is no negative in a woman's mouth."

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Source : Sir Philip Sidney (1590). “The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia”, p.452

Philip Sidney

#Mouths Quotes #Negative Quotes #Refusal Quotes

“I think a lot of bands are creatively knackered when they come off tour.”
“We are alive. We are human, with good and bad in us. That's all we know for sure. We can't create a new species or a new world. That's been done. Now we have to live within those boundaries . What are our choices? We can despair and curse, and change nothing. We can choose evil like our enemies have done and create a world based on hate. Or we can try to make things better.”

Source : Carol Matas (1993). “Daniel's Story”, p.70, Scholastic Inc.
“You don't show up on game day and expect to be great. Greatness happens in practice. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
“You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom.”
“Commitment to great causes makes great men.”
“I'm quite shy, so if there's a guy I like, I actually ignore him because I can't speak to him. I get all red and sweaty, and it's embarrassing.”
“Those are facts. Are they the truth? No, for they do not tell you of the heart, and that is where truth lives.”

Source : Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent in the Sanctuary”, p.297, MIRA
“moral codes and standards in our societies very rarely apply to all people equally. This is the most damning proof of how immoral such codes and standards really are.”

Source : Nawal El Saadawi (2007). “The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World, Second Edition”, p.41, Zed Books

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