"A lot of my work has been about the unexpectedâ€”that kind of wanting to be the heroine and yet wanting to kill the heroine at the same time. That kind of dilemmaâ€”that push and pullâ€”is the underlying turbulence that I bring to each of the pieces that I make."

-- Kara Walker

#Pieces Quotes #Unexpected Quotes #Kind Quotes

“We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust. We must dissent from a nation that has buried its head in the sand, waiting in vain for the needs of its poor, its elderly, and its sick to disappear and just blow away. We must dissent from a government that has left its young without jobs, education or hope. We must dissent from the poverty of vision and the absence of moral leadership. We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.”

Source : Thurgood Marshall, J. Clay Smith, Jr. (2003). “Supreme Justice: Speeches and Writings”, p.15, University of Pennsylvania Press
“We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.”
“I deserve passion," she said. "I deserve to be loved- in every way. I deserve a man who'll give his whole heart, not the part he isn't using at the moment..”
“God makes no mistakes. In all our trials and dramas there are lessons. Life is not a playground but a classroom. Our journey through life provides the course work and the tests needed for our education and development.”
“Transcendence is the only real alternative to extinction. This is serious. This may be the ultimate final exam.”
“ONE OF THE UNSETTLING THINGS about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasnâ€™t sure when or where it was going to end.”

Source : Ishmael Beah (2007). “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier”, p.69, Macmillan
“Don't postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons. Joy is your lesson.”
“Haste in every business brings failures.”

Source : "The Histories" by Herodotus, Book 7, Ch. 10, c. 440 BC.

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