"I know your breed; all your fine officials debauch the younger girls who are afraid to lose their jobs: that's as old as Washington."

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Christina Stead

#Girl Quotes #Jobs Quotes #Women Quotes

“So I decided to make a film about our need to tell stories, to own our stories, to understand them, and to have them heard.”
“I knew that I couldn't lie beside her, without wanting to touch her. I couldn't have felt her breath come upon my mouth, without wanting to kiss her. And I couldn't have kissed her, without wanting to save her.”
“... passion, once unleashed, has a way of unleashing other passions -- a principle adhered to as firmly by the police force of any large modern city as by the Greek tragedians.”
“...and there you have it, another body on the floor surrounded by things that don't mean much to anyone except to the one who can't take any of them along.”
“For the bookish, London is a book. For criminals, a map of opportunities. For unpapered immigrants, it is a nest of skinned eyes; sanctioned gunmen ready to blow your head off as you run for a train. When the city of distorting mirrors revealed itself, through its districts and discriminations, I discovered more about London's past as a reworking of my own submerged history.”

Source : Iain Sinclair (2007). “London: City of Disappearances”, Penguin Global
“I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting. Most of us didnâ€™t think that. What we did learn is this â€” itâ€™s a hostage thatâ€™s worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done.”

Source : "In debt deal, the triumph of the old Washington" by David A. Fahrenthold, Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane, www.washingtonpost.com. August 3, 2011.
“Catcalling is pretty much never going to work. Like anytime a guy's like, "Hey girl! Can we friends?" It's like, I don't know you. I'm just walking by right now, and that's weird. No relationship has ever started from a catcall.”

Source : Source: www.gq.com
“Muscle-work can only make one weary-it takes brain-work to create true exhaustion.”

Source : Jefferson Smith (2011). “Strange Places”, p.192, Indie Ink Publishing

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