"I always make this joke that I know you were expecting to see the big skirts and the hoops. But that was a long time ago. Artists aren't always seen as real people. If you start out as a teenager, sometimes people want to keep you locked as that. But I'm a woman now."

-- Jody Watley

#Real Quotes #Teenager Quotes #Artist Quotes

“But then history does not only consist of documents.”

Source : John Lukacs (2011). “The Hitler of History”, p.265, Vintage
“Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children was painful in some way. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, love or pride, were so deep and sharp that in the end they left you raw, exposed and yes, in pain. The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent's heart bared, beating forever outside its chest.”
“I have an almost religious zeal... not for technology per se, but for the Internet which is for me, the nervous system of mother Earth, which I see as a living creature, linking up.”
“Too many!' James shouted, and slammed the door behind him.”

Source : Susan Cooper (2012). “Over Sea, Under Stone”, p.199, Simon and Schuster
“I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know.”
“How this can happen is a mystery to us.”
“If you find yourself in a relationship or even a friendship with someone who's conflicted with their gender identity, just be kind. This is not a life choice. This is something that you are born with. This is like being born with a gene for being tall, short, black, white, gay, straight - it's not a choice.”
“That whole thing of replicating what others do is a siren call. The sirens lure you to the rocks of unoriginality.”

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