"We women talk too much, but even then we don't tell half what we know"

-- Nancy Astor

#Half Quotes #Too Much Quotes

“Poverty has its advantages. When you're that poor what would you have that anyone would want? Except your peace of mind. Your dignity. Your heart. The important things.”

Source : Ana Castillo (2000). “Peel My Love Like an Onion: A Novel”, Anchor
“An it harm none, do what ye will.”

Source : Doreen Valiente (2018). “Witchcraft for Tomorrow”, p.36, The Crowood Press
“What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead.”

Source : "A New Theory of Measurement: A Study in the Logic of Mathematics". Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society s2-19 (1): 181–205, 1921.
“The black unemployment rate has to be twice that of the white rate in the US. If the national unemployment rate were 6.8 percent, everyone would be freaking out. We ought to not take too much solace in the 6.8 percent, but ask ourselves what can we do to bring that down to white rates, which are below 4 percent now. Some of that has to do with education, but that's just part of the story. You find that those unemployment differentials persist across every education level. I think it means pushing back on discrimination and helping people who can't find work get into the job market.”
“Endurance? You've only got to get out there and do it. Face up to it: man was meant to run.”
“I mean, I have done scenes with animals, with owls, with bats, with cats, with special effects, with thespians, in the freezing cold, in the pouring rain, boiling hot; I've done press with every syndication, every country; I've done interviews with people dressed up as cows - there's honestly nothing that's gonna intimidate me!”
“It is better to give than receive- especially advice.”
“the greatest Americans have not been born yet they are waiting patiently for the past to die”

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