"Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good."

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Source : Walter Mosley (2003). “What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace”, p.131, Black Classic Press

Walter Mosley

#Good Day Quotes #Wake Up Quotes #Chance Quotes

“I'm really trying to respond to the foods that are in the stores and just pulling the things that are the very best and cook what looks beautiful and is seasonal. That's the way to go. I love going to the grocery store and the market. None of it's drudgery for me. Washing dishes is the drudgery.”
“We emigrated to South Africa and later to Canada so I went to school in several places.”
“The avant-garde makes more sense to me.”

Source : "Of Anger and Twitching: An Interview with John Cale". Interview with Andrew Phillips, www.popmatters.com. Jan 9, 2006.
“Our bodies are temples of the Lord. We should earn respect and admiration for our hearts, not for showing skin to look sexy.”

Source : Carrie Prejean (2009). “Still Standing: The Untold Story of My Fight Against Gossip, Hate, and Political Attacks”, p.177, Regnery Publishing
“Possessions of this world have not been for the exclusive use by such or such category of individuals.”

Source : "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 52), 1937.
“My personal history would not be disappointing to readers, but it is my own affair which I want to keep to myself. I am in fact in no way more important than is the typesetter for my books, the man who works the mill; no more important than the man who binds my books and the woman who wraps them and the scrubwoman who cleans up the office.”
“All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved.”
“If we want our bodies to be healthier, we need to get off the salmonella, e-coli, mad cow, assembly-line toxic hell train! God I love that statement. What did I just say?”

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