"If the culture is so all pervasive that you canâ€™t think outside of it, how are you making genuine choices?"

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Source : "Feminism: What does the F-word mean today?". Interview with Annie Lennox, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2011.

Monica Ali

#Thinking Quotes #Choices Quotes #Culture Quotes

“The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.”
“When you're writing something new, writing something that's your own, basically you have nothing else to do except either invent a trick, use someone else's trick, or have no trick and get a bad performance.”
“The god that you dispense with today, will come back as a demon tomorrow.”
“May we all be in such a condition of soul, such an attitude of heart as will fit us for any little work in which our gracious Lord may be pleased to use us- not seeking a place for ourselves, but lovingly serving all. The Lord, in His great mercy, grant that thus it may be, with all His beloved people!”
“The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.”
“I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.”
“Even if I'm not so into the specific celebrities who are sharing images of themselves looking "bad," I think it's an amazing contribution to the conversations about beauty that we have online.”
“Certain things, certain events, seem inexplicable only for a time: up to the moment when the veil is torn aside.”

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