"There was never a great man who had not a great mother."

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Source : The Story of an African Farm pt. 2, ch. 4 (1883) See Proverbs 129

Olive Schreiner

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“"A Tale of Three Cities" is a tribute to our parents' generation, who escaped from city to city in search of their loved ones and in search of a place to build a better home. The story is set during the turbulent war years in China in the '40s and '50s.”
“It is more than probable that the average man could, with no injury to his health, increase his efficiency fifty percent.”
“I enjoy spending time with other awakened people and feeling the shared vibration of that, whereas just fun for its own sake might no longer be quite so enticing as it used to be.”

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“The world is your playground - play with a sense of destiny.”
“Without evading the grimness of life in much of modern Africa, one can recognize that this continent is not yet sick as our continent is sick. Most Africans remain plugged into reality. In contrast we have become disconnected from it, reduced to compulsively consuming units, taught to worship 'economic growth' - the ultimate unreality in a finite world.”
“I can say is our point of reference - and I think that does make us different from some bands and similar to other bands too. But it's just that spirit - it's sort of like a punk spirit - but it's not punk meaning or as in like "I'm here and I'm going to get thrashy and bloody on-stage" - but, we're not going to listen to the rules and the roles already set in place. We just want to make music that is heartfelt and feels good and sounds good to our ears, and hopefully to many other's ears as well.”
“She kept walking. The very small, brave part of her brain knew that this would be her one chance. If she turned around, she would lose it.”
“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. Think on paper and write them down!”

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