"He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions."

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Source : Nonsense Novels "Gertrude the Governess; or, Simple Seventeen" (1911)

Stephen Leacock

#Horse Quotes #Rooms Quotes #Economy Quotes

“My hope is that in the future, women stop referring to themselves as 'the only woman' in their physics lab or 'only one of two' in their computer science jobs.”

Source : "Increasing STEM Education for Our Nation’s Women" by Kirsten Gillibrand, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2014.
“Home is the place we love best and grumble the most.”
“When I wasn't as attractive as I am now, I suffered at the hands of cruel children and their taunts until I realised that confidence and a bit of aesthetic care can overcome that.”
“I'm not prepared to have someone tell me there is only one view of what Europe is. Europe isn't owned by any of them, Europe is owned by all of us.”
“When anyone escapes, my heart / leaps up. Even when it's I who am escaped from, / I am half on the side of the leaver.”

Source : "Pulitzer Prize-Winner Sharon Olds Talks Poetry, Divorce" By Brittany Wong, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 17, 2013.
“You learn a lot when you're barefoot. The first thing is every step you take is different.”
“I wish sometimes you had a few bad motives, you might understand a little more about human beings.”
“Don't go on pretending to be someone you are not”

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