"one may be my very good friend, and yet not of my opinion ..."

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Source : Margaret Cavendish (2004). “Sociable Letters”, p.60, Broadview Press

Margaret Cavendish

#Friendship Quotes #Good Friend Quotes #May Quotes

“My mom's never been married. I've never even seen my mom kiss a dude.”
“Wine is connected to abundance.”
“I believe ability can get you to the top,â€ says coach John Wooden, â€œbut it takes character to keep you there.â€¦ Itâ€™s so easy to â€¦ begin thinking you can just â€˜turn it onâ€™ automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once youâ€™re there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, â€˜More than ability, they have character.'”
“I feel that man can transcend himself to a point where he can accomplish greater things than he thinks. I see people depressed and I see people who devalue themselves and I feel that's a terrible, terrible waste. But I love the people who try. But try fairly, try honestly.”

Source : Interview with Leonard Pitts, Jr., kirbymuseum.org. 1986/7.
“The bigger issue, was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations.”
“It scares me when the Europeans demand more and more democracy. It sounds like times past, when people here demanded more and more socialism.”
“A vast deal of human sympathy runs along the electric line of needlework, stretching from the throne to the wicker chair of the humble seamstress.”
“The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.”

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