"My parents are great listeners Which is why I never tell them anything"

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Source : Sonya Sones (2007). “What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

Sonya Sones

“Everyone has their parent's [music] collection which is strongly influences what you listen to as a kid. You have no choice. You have to listen to whatever they're bumpin. I grew up with what they listened to a lot.”
“My grandfather can barely even hear, and Chevy Chase makes a face, and he laughs.”
“What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.”

Source : bell hooks (2013). “Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom”, p.53, Routledge
“Little by little, even with other cares, the slowly but surely working poison of the garden-mania begins to stir in my long-sluggish veins.”
“Rock is so much fun. That's what it's all about - filling up the chest cavities and empty kneecaps and elbows.”
“He is a poor patriot whose patriotism does not enable him to understand how all men everywhere feel about their altars and their hearthstones, their flag and their fatherland.”
“Without a doubt, first thing we should do is clean up our fiscal house, and that starts with balancing our budgets and digging out of this red ink. We cannot expect to continue in this fashion and remain the leader of the free world.”
“I did a complete rewrite of 650 pages in two weeks.”

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