"There is no division nor subtraction in the heart-arithmetic of a good mother. There are only addition and multiplication."

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Source : Bess Streeter Aldrich (1994). “A Lantern in Her Hand”, p.82, U of Nebraska Press

Bess Streeter Aldrich

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“He's the Italian version of my father. I don't know if he's Italian or not.”
“It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have as a society is because we don't acknowledge that family is important, and it has to be people who are present, you know, and mothers and fathers, both are not present enough with children.”
“Very few people have the guts to come up to you and say, 'Hey, are you gay?”

Source : "'NSYNC's Lance Bass reveals he's gay: 'I'm not ashamed ... I don't think it's wrong'" by Jennifer Vineyard, www.mtv.com. July 26, 2006.
“The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it's to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure it's well-received and lives in somebody else.”
“I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.”
“It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time.”
“You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice.”
“Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury; the time spent engaged in it is not time that could be better spent in more formal educational pursuits. Play is a necessity.”

Source : Kay Redfield Jamison (2004). “Exuberance: The Passion for Life”, p.69, Vintage

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