"Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me."

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Source : FaceBook post by Judy Blume from Oct 16, 2014

Judy Blume

#Parent Quotes #Freedom To Choose Quotes #Best Gift Quotes

“Anyone that has a music career and an acting career I think is pretty fantastic.”
“I like very girly, retro inspired, feminine, floral things. I'm not very edgy.”
“Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author.”
“I'm a bit of a Libertarian.”
“Who hasn't sharpened the edge of his soul? When, just as our eyes are opened, we see hate, and just after learning to walk, we are tripped, and just for wanting to love, we are hated, and for no more than touching, we are hurt, which of us hasn't started to arm himself, to make himself sharp, somehow, like a knife, to pay back the hurt?”
“All New Years is to me is for taking down your dumb Christmas decorations. People who put up Christmas decorations, all they're saying is, 'Hey, we're not Jews.'”
“My idea of rich is that you can buy every book you ever want without looking at the price and you're never around assholes. That's the two things to really fight for in life.”
“I wouldn't say that I'm aggressive in going out to find work and stuff like that. I just sort of, if something comes along, and it's something I like, and they want to hire me, I'll do it. I won't just do anything.”

Source : Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. August 01, 2003.

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