"As long as we have all these conflicts, it is the women who will continue to suffer, so that is one reason why I guess as women we should really work for peace, because we know how painful wars can be to us and our daughters."

-- Wangari Maathai

#Daughter Quotes #War Quotes #Long Quotes

“All minorities think they're immune, but we're absolutely part of the one in five that gets skin cancer! It's a myth, and myths are meant to be debunked!”
“The second album was like being on a completely different planet compared to when we were making the first album. ... Even though it was the same musicians, the same artist, the same studio, the same producer, - it felt like a completely different piece of a puzzle.”
“Nobody's going to win all the time. On the highway of life you can't always be in the fast lane.”
“My mother's work ethic, her attitude, and the way she treated each and every customer as if they were her best friend were better lessons than could be found in all the text books in the world.”
“Faith is indeed the energy of our whole universe directed to the highest form of being. Faith gives stability to our view of the universe. By faith we are convinced that our impressions of things without are not dreams or delusions, but, for us, true representations of our environment. By faith we are convinced that the signs of permanence, order, progress, which we observe in nature are true. By faith we are convinced that fellowship is possible with our fellow man and with God.”
“Theologians have felt no hesitation in founding a system of speculative thought on the teachings of Jesus; and yet Jesus was never an inhabitant of the realm of speculative thought.”

Source : Walter Rauschenbusch (2003). “Christianity and the Social Crisis”, p.91, Wipf and Stock Publishers
“I want to wake up with you every morning and fall asleep beside you each night,â€ Patch told me gravely. â€œI want to take care of you, cherish you, and love you in a way no other man ever could. I want to spoil you â€” every kiss, every touch, every thought, they all belong to you. Iâ€™ll make you happy. Every day, Iâ€™ll make you happy.”
“Thatâ€™s the secret to performance: conviction. The right note played tentatively still misses its mark, but play boldly and no one will question you. If one believes there is truth in art â€“ and I do â€“ then itâ€™s troubling how similar the skill of performing is to lying. Maybe lying is itself a kind of art. I think about that more than I should.”

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