"I never defended myself. Not once. I never said, "Excuse me? What gives you the right to insult and demean me?" I let them steal my dignity."

-- Julie Anne Peters

#Giving Quotes #Dignity Quotes #Insult Quotes

“That's what I'm interested in: the space in between, the moment of imagining what is possible and yet not knowing what that is.”

Source : "Julie Mehretu paints chaos with chaos - from Tahrir Square to Zuccotti Park". Interview with Jason Farago, www.theguardian.com. June 20, 2013.
“When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.”

Source : "Honored literary scholar M.H. Abrams continues his labors (of love)". Interview with Linda Grace-Kobas, news.cornell.edu. June 11, 1999.
“I would never complain about 'One Day' taking off, but it made me painfully self-conscious for a long time.”
“The only good Rook is a working Rook!”
“The doing evil to avoid an evil cannot be good.”
“Thy return Posterity shall witness. Years must roll away, but then at length the splendid sight again shall greet our distant children's eyes.”
“A building can be designed to satisfy by the month with the regularity of the provider. Or it can give satisfaction in a very different way, by the moment, the fraction of a second, with the thrill of a lover”
“It's important for me to treat a girlfriend with respect. My mum would be horrified if I behaved any differently - and I have sisters, and would hate for them to be treated badly by guys.”

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