"They say fortune is a woman and capricious. But sometimes she is a good woman, and gives to those who merit."

--

George Eliot

#Giving Quotes #Good Woman Quotes #Merit Quotes

“It's a great feeling to be recognized by your peers. It's an even better feeling to be welcomed and accepted by country radio and its listeners. If desire is any part of this equation, then I'm a contender!”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.”
“The first thing you learn in boxing is that there are NO guarantees.”
“The immature conscience is not its own master. It simply parrots the decisions of others. It does not make judgments of its own; it merely conforms to the judgments of others. That is not real freedom, and it makes true love impossible, for if we are to love truly and freely, we must be able to give something that is truly our own to another. If our heart does not belong to us, asks Merton, how can we give it to another?”
“You have to look at fashion from the perspective of high end editors and publications. Read all the magazines--commercial and underground--and your voice will evolve from what you see there.”
“But I can't and don't ever want to write bell-yanking confetti-tossing hat-throwing poems.”

Source : "Ode to a right royal charmer". Interview With Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. July 23, 2000.
“All of our suffering in life is from saying we want one thing and doing another.”
“Nevertheless, to the persecution and tyranny of his cruel ministry we will not tamely submit - appealing to Heaven for the justice of our cause, we determine to die or be free . . . .”

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