"I'm not a girl anymore, I'm a woman and my heart beats like prizefighter's fists, and I have not stopped yet, I will not stop."

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Source : Daphne Gottlieb (2011). “15 Ways to Stay Alive”, p.129, Manic D Press

Daphne Gottlieb

#Girl Quotes #Heart Quotes #Fists Quotes

“Some of his own closeness to nature, his great love for human beings, was passed on by Whitman to all of us who knew and loved him.”

Source : Ella Reeve Bloor (1940). “We are Many: An Autobiography by Ella Reeve Bloor”, New York : International Publishers
“In a lot of ways, a lot of smells that aren't necessarily edible smell good, and they remind you of certain aspects of food. So making those associations with what smells good or smells a certain way and pairing that with actual edible ingredients is one avenue that we take creatively.”
“G.P.A.’s are worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test scores are worthless. We found that they don’t predict anything.”

Source : "In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal". Interview with Adam Bryant, www.nytimes.com. June 19, 2013.
“It's (the lack of communication between the people in his paintings, ed.) probably a reflection of my own, if I may say, loneliness. I don't know. It could be the whole human condition.”
“Aristippus being asked what were the most necessary things for well-born boys to learn, said, "Those things which they will put in practice when they become men.”
“What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.”
“Six-year-olds are very wrapped up in their own lives, and that's the way it should be.”
“Truth will not make us rich, but it will make us free.”

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