"The wounded heart learns self-love by first overcoming low self-esteem."

-- Bell Hooks

#Self Esteem Quotes #Heart Quotes #Self Love Quotes

“The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.”
“I grew up skateboarding; it was fun. I didn't think about money, I didn't know how much professional skateboarders made. I just knew that if I became a professional skateboarder, I would achieve a lot and get to travel and do these great things.”
“It was not my aim to paint about the Negro in America in terms of propaganda. It is to depict the life of my people as I know it, passionately and dispassionately as Brueghel.”

Source : Romare Bearden (1991). “Romare Bearden: The Human Condition : [exhibition] October 3-October 26, 1991”
“Don't ever be afraid to live. Because though dying is easy when compared to living”
“One must use the night.”
“I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the south Bronx. My test scores were not comparable to my colleagues at Princeton and Yale. Not so far off so that I wasn't able to succeed at those institutions.”
“If you want a friend, feed any animal.”

Source : "The story behind the furry" by Amy Letter, therumpus.net. June 16, 2010.
“I didn't want to be out of order answering any questions.”

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