"The Spider is an ode to my mother. She was my best friend. Like a spider, my mother was a weaver. . . Like spiders, my mother was very clever. Spiders are friendly presences that eat mosquitoes. We know that mosquitoes spread diseases and are therefore unwanted. So, spiders are helpful and protective, just like my mother."

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Source : "Giant spider takes up residence at Tate", www.theguardian.com. October 3, 2007.

Louise Bourgeois

#Mother Quotes #Clever Quotes #Friendly Quotes

“I could never say I'm going to do bigger and better things because that would negate what I've already accomplished, and I don't want to do that.”
“The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.”
“At last I saw Christ as my Saviour. I believed in Him and gave myself to Him. The burden rolled from off me, and a great love for Christ filled my soul. That was more than fifty years ago. I loved Jesus Christ then, but I loved Him more the year after, and more the year after that, and more every year since”
“If we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an already dangerous storm.(page 10)”
“During the day on Monday, Washington time, the airport at Saigon came under persistent rocket as well as artillery fire and was effectively closed. The military situation in the area deteriorated rapidly. I therefore ordered the evacuation of all American personnel remaining in South Vietnam.”
“If something is going on in my life, it winds up getting into my strip.”
“I love knowing that people are connecting to my lyrics, my music and me.”

Source : "Lee DeWyze: Some people take pictures, I write songs". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. March 23, 2011.
“When I came out to Hollywood, I discovered the perfect place for my creative madness - Cannon Pictures.”

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