"If you really want a challenge, just deal with yourself."

-- Tori Amos

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“How in the hell could God take the black earth and make himself a white man out of it?”

Source : Louise Meriwether (2002). “Daddy was a Number Runner”, p.55, Feminist Press at CUNY
“Life was not intended to be simply a round of work, no matter how interesting and important that work may be. A momentâ€™s pause to watch the glory of a sunrise or a sunset is soul-satisfying, while a bird's song will set the steps to music all day long.”

Source : Laura Ingalls Wilder, Stephen W. Hines (1991). “Little house in the Ozarks: a Laura Ingalls Wilder sampler : the rediscovered writings”, Thomas Nelson Inc
“I met my darling wife Wilnelia in 1980 when we were on the judging panel for the Miss World contest at the Royal Albert Hall. With two ex-wives and five daughters, I thought I wouldn't be involved with anyone for a long time - if ever. Winnie was so gorgeous, my jaw dropped - and it's a big jaw to drop.”
“I would never say snog. I would say osculate." She looks at me as if to say: why do you exist?”
“My mom has kind of been more of the emotional support system. One time I was really feeling all out of it, just dealing with a lot of cooks in the kitchen and adjusting to what it means to be in the music industry, and I called her. One of the first things she said to me was 'You have to be thankful that these people even like you, no one liked me, at all, I was not really accepted for a very long time.'”
“What would Kathy say if she knew I let the whole crew eat those Oreos when they never did eat their carrot sticks (which I had so firmly required as prerequisite)? All three of my kids were probably heading for disease (not enough veggies) and jail (not enough discipline).”

Source : Dean Hughes (2005). “All Moms Go to Heaven: Reflections”, Deseret Book Company
“In any family, measles are less contagious than bad habits.”
“A cup that is already full cannot have more added to it. In order to receive the further good, we must give of that which we have.”

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