"I claim that every woman in this century and in our culture sphere who has ventured into male-dominated institutions - 'literature' and 'aesthetics' are such institutions - must have experienced the desire for self-destruction."

-- Christa Wolf

#Self Quotes #Desire Quotes #Males Quotes

“Fitness is a journey, not a destination; you must continue for the rest of your life.”
“Marriage is not something that can be accomplished all at once; it has to be constantly reaccomplished. A couple must never indulge in idle tranquility with the remark: "The game is won; let's relax." The game is never won. The chances of life are such that anything is possible. Remember what the dangers are for both sexes in middle age. A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.”
“The assertion that everyone benefits simultaneously from free trade is simply incorrect.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Of course, my family has been a big reason for me to come back, especially my son who loves the game of hockey - he was a big reason for me coming back.”
“I've learned over the years that people are human and have mood swings, regardless of how talented they are. Today, I'm looking at life from a realistic point of view instead of the way I would want things to be.”
“If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor, even in death, on the American Name.”

Source : Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1972). “Zebulon Pike's Arkansaw Journal: In Search of the Southern Louisiana Purchase Boundary Line (interpreted by His Newly Recovered Maps).”, Greenwood Publishing Group
“We don't know how to identify intelligence over interstellar distances, so what we do instead is use technology for a proxy,”

Source : "Jill Tarter: A Scientist Searching For Alien Life". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, wvxu.org. July 23, 2012.
“A well-chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure.”

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