"When I was between the ages of five and nine, the soldiers of the Second World War wanted to have Betty Grable, but I wanted to be Betty Grable. She was the epitome of an alluring woman; she had it all as far as I was concerned."

-- Grace Slick

#War Quotes #Soldier Quotes #Age Quotes

“Second-wave feminists didn't look for an overthrow of patriarchy. Instead, they analyzed what they were up against and fought it in all of its varied manifestations.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson.”
“Adversity in life does not rob your heart of beauty. It simply teaches it a new song to sing.”
“One of the most insidious and nefarious properties of scientific models is their tendency to take over, and sometimes supplant, reality.”

Source : Erwin Chargaff (1978). “Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature”, p.172, Paul & Company Pub Consortium
“People see everything through the lens of their obsessions.”

Source : Francine Prose (2012). “Goldengrove”, p.126, Atlantic Books Ltd
“moral indignation is a pleasure, often the only pleasure, in many lives. It's also one of the few pleasures people feel obliged to force on other people.”
“Although you may have never sat down and defined what your philosophy is, it is fully operative and working in your life at all times. It deals with what you believe about the world in which you live, about its people and events, about how you affect them.”

Source : Chris Prentiss (2006). “Zen and the Art of Happiness”, p.11, BookBaby
“The free expression of opinion, as experience has taught us, is the safety-valve of passion. The noise of the rushing steam, when it escapes, alarms the timid; but it is the sign that we are safe. The concession of reasonable privilege anticipates the growth of furious-appetite.”

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