"My mother was a very difficult woman to please. She was the sort of woman who thought that if I were praised I would get above myself."

-- Mem Fox

#Mother Quotes #Difficult Quotes #Please Quotes

“I don't know how you feel about old age... but in my case I didn't even see it coming. It hit me from the rear.”
“Kindness manifests in a lot of ways, such as acts of compassion, helpfulness, empathy, forgiveness, and caring. These gestures kindle and ignite feelings of love.”
“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”

Source : Franklin D. Roosevelt's Address at Marietta, Ohio, July 8, 1938.
“The only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable.”
“There were words for what he meant to me, but if I studied every language ever spoken for the next thousand years, I still wouldnâ€™t find enough of them to describe it.”
“Spiritual joy is what you experience when you choose to give thanks to God no matter what happens-even when things go wrong.”
“My father collected turtles when he was young. My parent's wedding album, there's two pictures of them getting married and the rest are just pictures of turtles. I remember they had Galapagos tortoises that they had somehow imported illegally and a bunch of other turtles too. I like the animals themselves. They're so self-possessed and self-contained and there's something wise and mysterious about them. I also like that they are prehistoric animals.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Music saved my life. The voice you hear, the soul, the pain, is that of a person who deeply, deeply, deeply appreciates the opportunity they've been given.”

Source : "Cee Lo Green: 'I've been such an oddball my whole life'". Interview with Caspar Llewellyn Smith, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2010.

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