"What happened to the good old days of "Woman as passive recipient?" What happened to being courted? What happened to sitting back under a parasol and granting someone a chance to try to win us over?"

-- Cathy Guisewite

#Winning Quotes #Trying Quotes #Sitting Quotes

“Peter stood, cleared his throat, and began to hum softly, then sing, slowly building up the song as his voice cleared. He found the old tune, the song of the Sunbird. And as he sung, as his rich voice echoed off the tall cliffs, the birds and the faeries lent him their voice and soon the tune drifted throughtout the garden.”
“Investigating rare diseases gives researchers more clues about how the healthy immune system functions.”
“The dignity of man was everywhere tissue-paper thin.”

Source : Dick Francis (2010). “Banker”, p.16, Penguin
“When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression.”
“God is always bigger than the boxes we build for God, so we should not waste too much time protecting the boxes.”
“The kids would be thrown into the middle, to choose sides.”
“Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who do not.”
“In most of Pakistan it is a feudal country. People are very scared and oppressed by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas, they are not so easily suppressed.”

Source : "The path of Khan" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2006.

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