"The light that shined upon the summit now seems almost to shine at our feet."

-- Woodrow Wilson

#Peace Quotes #Feet Quotes #Light Quotes

“When we talk about Orientalist painting, we're talking about painting generally from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century, and some would say even into the twentieth, that allows Europe to look at Africa, Asia Minor, or East Asia in a way that's revelatory but also as a place in which you can empty yourself out. A place in which there is no place. It's an emptiness and a location at once.”
“If any changes were to be made in society it had to be by the mothers.”

Source : Speech at The Gruber Foundation, recieving "Women's Rights Prize", 2009.
“Eleanor Roosevelt doesn't ever do anything that is going to hurt her husband. She tries things out on him. She gets permission to do things. The amazing thing, I think, historically, is that he says, "Go do it. If you can make this happen, I'll follow you."”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“One woman violated is already too many but when I learned that it was one in three, the first thought in my head was "Why aren't more people talking about this?"”
“I've worked really hard on getting into the box more and being closer to the goal, which I think has brought real benefits to my game. It's definitely improved my goal scoring.”
“A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.”

Source : In Observer 30 Dec. 1973
“I've met a surprising number of comedy writers whose parents are scientists. Both have an antiauthoritarian slant - they're both skeptics.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Silent people are dangerous; others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux; Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]”

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