"May Sarton said, "the deeper you go, the more universal you become." It's a reminder to me that those things I try to convince myself I don't need to admit are usually those things I need the most to say. Speaking the truth, in its most poignant details, is liberating and gives those around us the freedom to be real."

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Source : "Women of Courage: Inspiring Stories from the Women Who Lived Them". Book by Katherine Martin, 1999.

Sabrina Ward Harrison

#Real Quotes #Giving Quotes #Trying Quotes

“One can not start by saying our earthly destiny has or has not importance, for it depends on us to give it importance.”
“If poles were so important we'd call it Poling instead of Skiing”
“An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it.”
“Trends, like horses, are easier to ride in the direction they are going.”
“If Americans want to live the American dream, they should go to Denmark.”

Source : "TED Global 2011: Forget Glastonbury, this is Nerdstock" by Carole Cadwalladr, www.theguardian.com. July 13, 2011.
“When the cinematography school told me I would have no chance to get a job, I said, "It's irrelevant." My mom was a feminist in the '20s. She taught me to be on my own, to be independent, to do what I wanted to do. I did not believe it would be difficult. It was difficult. In '66, I almost starved for a year and a half, and the only way I did not starve was because I could not find a job in camera, but I found a job in editing.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“It had not seemed to matter that Rose was only eight years old. "More than eight," said Rose. "Nearly nine." "Darling Rose, even almost nearly nine-year-old's don't fall in love," said forgetful Caddy. Caddy tried very hard to comfort Rose when Tom had left. It was not an easy job. It was like trying to comfort a small, unhappy tiger. "Who said anything about falling in love?" growled Rose crossly. "Falling! Falling is by accident! I didn't fall in anything!" "Oh. Right. Sorry, Posy Rose." "And I am definitely not in love!”
“If I lost weight, I'd be two-dimensional!”

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