"Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse."

-- Rebecca West

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“I feel good because it's my first finish in UFC. Training camp was long and hard and I prepared for a long fight but I have no complaints. I'm going to stay in this cycle and be this healthy in every camp. I feel great with this nutrition and the way my body has reacted to it. I'm firing on all cylinders. I've been talking about this move down for a long time and when you do it the right way you don't feel any effects. I don't want to make this harder than it needs to be. I've got great coaches and I know I haven't peaked yet. Iâ€™m going to keep getting better and Iâ€™m taking on all comers.”
“And I leave the children the long, long days to be merry in in a thousand ways, and the Night, and the trail of the Milky Way to wonder at....”
“Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.”
“Michael Jackson did something that no one else in history has managed - he connected with people on every level imaginable, all over the world. He seemed to speak to people at their very core and achieved the impossible. He reached people on a deep emotional level. And that is what any great artist or showman dreams of doing. That is why Michael Jackson was so special to me.”
“Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books.”
“We talk about the vulnerability involved in sharing our work publicly. I don't think we talk enough about the real vulnerability involved in making art; if we truly engage the process we are changed by it.”
“Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this - just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?”
“Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.”

Source : Jennifer Lindsey, Jane Goodall (1999). “Jane Goodall: 40 years at Gombe : a tribute to four decades of wildlife research, education, and conservation”, Stewart, Tabori and Chang

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