"Grandmother belongs to the generation of women who were satisfied to have men retain their vices, if they removed their hats."

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Margaret Deland

#Grandmother Quotes #Men Quotes #Vices Quotes

“It's not enough to look for the truth, however a noble journey that might be. [...] You must be able to say "yes" to what you see. [...] He is the yeasayer who could look upon evil, disease and suffering, all the worst incarnations of the Eternal No, and not fall insane. He is the great-souled one who can affirm the truth of the Universe.”
“A speech is something you say so as to distract attention from what you do not say.”
“What surprises me most about God is that the creator of the universe should want a relationship with me.”
“In any series of elements to be controlled, a selected small fraction, in terms of numbers of elements, always accounts for a large fraction in terms of effect.”
“I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me.”

Source : Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 6, 2009.
“There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.”

Source : Pearl Bailey (1969). “The raw Pearl”, Pocket
“I like what Proenza Schouler is doing. I also love the Miu Miu chunky embellished shoes and really like Prada as well.”
“Once we understand that what happens beyond our control may be just what we need, we see that acceptance of reality can be our way of participating in our own evolution.”

Source : David Richo (2008). “The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them”, p.20, Shambhala Publications

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