"Mom loved my brother more. Not that she didn't love me - I felt the wash of her love every day, pouring over me, but it was a different kind, siphoned from a different, and tamer, body of water. I was her darling daughter; Joseph was her it."

-- Aimee Bender

#Mom Quotes #Daughter Quotes #Brother Quotes

“Time is our present breath.”
“Now you are no longer a giggling child, smiling at whoever comes along. You are a woman with power. Learn to control your smile, and you can control what men will think about you.”

Source : Michelle Moran (2011). “The Egyptian Royals Collection: Three Historical Novels by Michelle Moran: Nefertiti, The Heretic Queen, and Cleopatra's Daughter”, p.604, Broadway Books
“Belief gets in the way of learning.”
“There have been some friendships lost over this. That's the most difficult for me. I find it very uncomfortable to know that I was at one time close friends with someone, and because of jealousies and misunderstandings and so on, these friendships have dissolved.”

Source : "The Quest for Human Origins". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.
“Let's forget about themes and mood boards. Let's start from a different point of view. You have to leave for two months all of a sudden. What would you put in your suitcase? What are the twenty essential pieces that you will need and how would you design it to be cool, and you'll want to wear it?”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“When I dance, I forget everything else and just feel completely happy.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A goat's a goat. Whether you sautÃ© or barbeque it, it's still a goat.”
“Once you have MIDI information - I mean, it's a bit technical - that's your paint. You can slow down, pitch up, change notes within a different key. That's the foundation in which you can write things.”

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