"Like traditional upper class families, there are nannies and servants, and the children, you know, come in to say good-night before they go to bed. There's very little private time with the children in the early years. Actually, there's much more private time with the children in the 20s."

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Blanche Wiesen Cook

#Good Night Quotes #Children Quotes #Years Quotes

“When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can hear that in their music.”
“"But if God is so good as you represent Him, and if He knows all that we need, and better far than we do ourselves, why should it be necessary to ask Him for anything?" I answer, "What if He knows prayer to be the thing we need first and most? What if the main object in God's idea of prayer be the supplying of our great, our endless need - the need of Himself?"”

Source : George Macdonald (2012). “Unspoken Sermons Series I, II, and III”, p.128, Simon and Schuster
“Not having a father helping you grow into manhood and teaching you those things about how to be a man hurts. It hurt my brothers because their fathers weren't involved in their lives.”

Source : Source: www.cyinterview.com
“My white skin disgusts me. My passport disgusts me. They are the marks of an insufferable privilege bought at the price of others' agony. If I could peel myself inside out I would be glad. If I could become part of the oppressed I would be free.”

Source : Robin Morgan (2014). “The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism”, p.183, Open Road Media
“There's one thing about weights with action movies: Once your muscles get that tight, it's sometimes hard to stop your movement, especially if you're trying to move with some strength, and with the swords in the film.”
“I'm having a seriously hard time getting used to the fact that summer is over and I have to get out of bed every morning to go to school.”

Source : Jeff Kinney (2012). “Diary Of A Wimpy Kid”, p.17, Penguin UK
“The time passes so quickly during these full and active middle years that most people arrive at the end of middle age and the beginning of later maturity with surprise and a sense of having finished the journey while they were still preparing to commence it.”
“Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself.”

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