"The irony of acquiring a foreign tongue is that I have amassed just enough cheap, serviceable words to fuel my desires and never, never enough lavish, impudent ones to feed them."

-- Monique Truong

#Desire Quotes #Tongue Quotes #Fuel Quotes

“When the time is yours, the future is waiting, The person you become, and the people you're creating.”
“It is more beautiful to trust in God. The beautiful in this world is all from his hand, declaring the perfection of taste; he is the author of all form; he clothes the lily, he colours the rose, he distils the dewdrop, he makes the music of nature; in a word, he organized us for this life, and imposed its conditions; and they are such guaranty to me that, trustful as a little child, I leave to him the organization of my Soul, and every arrangement for the life after death. I know he loves me.”
“I want the same standard applied to homosexuals as is applied to heterosexuals.”
“One must not think slightingly of the paradoxicalâ€¦for the paradox is the source of the thinkerâ€™s passion, and the thinker without a paradox is like a lover without feeling: a paltry mediocrity.”
“I mean, the Men in Hollywood event is every day. It's called Hollywood.”

Source : "Jennifer Garner's Passionate Speech on Sexism in Hollywood: Ben Affleck Is Only Asked About His Co-Star's 'Tits'" by Brett Malec, www.eonline.com. Ocober 21, 2014.
“There can be no darkness where I provide the light.”
“Change demands new learning.”

Source : Rosabeth Moss Kanter (1984). “Change Masters”, p.123, Simon and Schuster
“And if you're singing to someone, or if they're singing along, and suddenly you're in harmony, then it's actually making a huge difference on a subatomic level that is actually transforming the world.”

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