"A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it."

-- Madame de Stael

#Men Quotes #Public Opinion Quotes #Faces Quotes

“Sin we have explain'd away; Unluckily, the sinners stay.”

Source : William Allingham, Helen Paterson Allingham (1912). “Poems”
“Although it was created with the best of intentions, the federal government's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program has become one of the worst and most costly boondoggles ever foisted on the American public.”
“When I turned 25, something changed in me. I see children in my future 100%. Soon. I started thinking I want my kids to look back and say, 'Wasn't Mummy amazing?' I've really started thinking about what I'm leaving for them.”
“I think the moment you try to make a movie for kids, you make garbage.”

Source : "‘Toy Story 3’ Filmmakers: This Is Not Kids’ Stuff". Interview with Steve Pond, www.thewrap.com. November 2, 2010.
“Why should we tolerate a diet of weak poisons, a home in insipid surroundings, a circle of acquaintances who are not quite our enemies, the noise of motors with just enough relief to prevent insanity? Who would want to live in a world which is just not quite fatal?”
“I am as wrapped up in her as a vine that clings to a tree seeking for sustenance. She's tied me to her for eternity. She's my home. She's my reason for being. To win and hold her heart is my only purpose.”
“Meditation is silence. If you realize that you really know nothing, then you will be truly meditating. Such truthfulness is the right soil for silence. Silence is meditation.”
“If you're unhappy, change something.”

Source : Sue Grafton (2011). “D is for Deadbeat”, p.39, Pan Macmillan

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