"The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne."

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Edmund Spenser

#Gentleman Quotes #Deeds Quotes #Gentle Quotes

“Self-esteem should have nothing to do with what you look like â€“ if you exude genuine confidence, people will be swept into it. You have to be able to hold yourself.”
“Birds are, especially canaries, are super sensitive to hydrogen sulfide and sour gas.”
“The police [in South Africa] would check in on you randomly. And they would come into the house, and they would look through that registry and look at all the names of all the people who were registered to be living in the house. And they would, you know, cross-reference that with the actual inhabitants of the dwelling.I was never on that piece of paper. I was always hidden. My grandmother would hide me somewhere if the police did show up. And it was a constant game of hide and seek.”
“Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.”

Source : Jean Toomer (2003). “The Uncollected Works of American Author Jean Toomer, 1894-1967”, Edwin Mellen Press
“Work cures everything.”
“With the right to vote, our choice should be for the Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us.”
“The future is in the skies.”
“If there's one big thing you can take from Amy Poehler as a performer, it's committing, full on.”

Source : "A Real Person Who Has Real Thoughts and Feelings". Interview with Stephanie Palumbo, logger.believermag.com. February 29, 2016.

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