"If you would know the political and moral condition of a people, ask as to the position of its women."

-- Aime Martin

#Women Quotes #People Quotes #Political Quotes

“Don't accept that others know you better than you know yourself.”
“I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future.”

Source : Edward Bond (2014). “Bond Plays: 2: Lear; The Sea; Narrow Road to the Deep North; Black Mass; Passion”, p.3, A&C Black
“I don't know the traffic regulations of every city I get to either, but I manage to drive through without being arrested.”
“Right now I have more confidence in myself. I grew up.”

Source : The Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. May 23, 2004.
“The gate is small because truth guards the entrance. The way is narrow because the Lord protects us with wise boundaries.”
“I was actually the manager of the games department of an amusement park when I was at college, so I understood the coin-op side of the games business very well.”
“Every time you recall a memory, you're basically making another copy of it and at that same point it is susceptible to new changes and adaptations. So, you know, if you remember from when you were, you know, in second grade and there was Christmas and you got a present from your grandfather and your mom was wearing a red dress, that may or may not all have happened.”

Source : "It's All In Your Head: Director Pete Docter Gets Emotional In 'Inside Out'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 3, 2015.
“Human beings will line up for miles to buy a bucket of catastrophes, but don't try selling sunshine and light - you'll go broke.”

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