"This year women learned that if we aren't at the table, we're on the menu."

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Source : Cecile Richards' Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

Cecile Richards

#Badass Quotes #Years Quotes #Tables Quotes

“Art is a high calling - fears are coincidental. Coincidental, sneaky and disruptive, we might add, disguising themselves variously as laziness, resistance to deadlines, irritation with materials or surroundings, distraction over the achievements of others - indeed as anything that keeps you from giving your work your best shot. What separates artists from ex-artists is that those who challenge their fears, continue; those who don't, quit.”

Source : David Bayles, Ted Orland (2001). “Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking”, p.14, Image Continuum Press
“It is so much easier to grieve for the dead than to care for the living. At least in death we are all perfect.”
“For ballroom dancing, remember that your partners have their own distinctive styles also. Cultivate flexibility. Be able to adapt your style to that of your partner. In doing so, you are not surrendering your individuality, but blending it with that of your partner.”
“The biggest gift I received as a martial artist is without a question the capacity to be in peace.”
“It's the beautiful moments like this that make up for the ugly love”
“Sometimes a psychic tells you something and it feels wrong and others may be right on the money. It's your choice about whom to trust, and giving that trust is something we do ourselves.”
“And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.”
“Harmony of period and melody of style have greater weight than is generally imagined in the judgment we pass upon writing and writers. As a proof of this, let us reflect what texts of scripture, what lines in poetry, or what periods we most remember and quote, either in verse or prose, and we shall find them to be only musical ones.”

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