"The ideas embodied in the New Deal Legislation were a compilation of those which had come to maturity under Herbert Hooverâ€™s aegis. We all of us owed much to Hoover"

-- Rexford Tugwell

#Maturity Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Legislation Quotes

“As I was growing up, it was made clear that the fat me wasn't welcome, that a thin person was expected and awaited, and impatiently so.”
“The Bible is to us what the star was to the wise men; but if we spend all our time in gazing upon it, observing its motions, and admiring its splendor, without being led to Christ by it, the use of it will be lost on us.”
“Remember that you own what happened to you. If your childhood was less than ideal, you may have been raised thinking that if you told the truth about what really went on in your family, a long bony white finger would emerge from a cloud and point to you, while a chilling voice thundered, "We *told* you not to tell." But that was then. Just put down on paper everything you can remember now about your parents and siblings and relatives and neighbors, and we will deal with libel later on.”
“It is not good for man to cherish a solitary ambition. Unless there be those around him, by whose example he may regulate himself, his thoughts, desires, and hopes will become extravagant, and he the semblance, perhaps the reality, of a madman”
“Marriage is one of the few institutions that allow a man to do as his wife pleases.”
“Perfection is never achieved, so you need to go on working.”
“Leadership is the self-confidence of working with people smarter than you.”
“To speak broadly, the troubles of life as we find them are mainly traceable to the heart or the purse.”

Source : Charlotte Perkins Gilman (2015). “Women and Economics - A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution: From the famous American writer, feminist, social reformer and a respected sociologist who holds an important place in feminist fiction, well-known for her stories The Yellow Wallpaper and Herland”, p.19, e-artnow

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