"I am aware that I am extremely fortunate that I was born to parents who had the personal resources to raise me in a relatively safe environment and that I have some social supports that keep me from the streets. I'm aware that I could easily be in their stead, but there by the grace of luck go I."

-- Marilyn Dumont

#Safe Environment Quotes #Support Quotes #Parent Quotes

“I am thankful that there are different seasons in life and training. I have learned to embrace each season realizing how important it is to allow the body, mind and spirit to fully cycle through each. My current season of marathon training is my favorite. I love the simple life of training and going after a goal with everything I have.”
“The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is a sad end if a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest players has engaged in a variety of acts which have stained the game, and he must now live with the consequences of those acts. There is absolutely no deal for reinstatement.”

Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti's remarks at the press conference banning Pete Rose from baseball, August 24, 1989.
“I'm very much in denial that I can't dance. I really go for it, which is almost more embarrassing.”
“Skills are expensive in Africa, best people are on American salaries.”
“Writers have to keep on writing if they want to mature, like caterpillars endlessly chewing on leaves.”
“To those who scare peace loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: your tactics aid terrorists for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve. They give ammunition to America's enemies and pause to America's friends.”

Source : "Ashcroft: Critics of new terror measures undermine effort", December 7, 2001.
“I'm lucky to have worked with all the people that I have, and I really love what I do, and that is very important, too.”
“I have always despised people who thought they were better than others, and I made a promise to myself that I'd never turn into that kind of person. My family also helps to keep me grounded. Whenever I get a 'diva moment,' as they like to call it, they let me know it and say, 'Stop acting like a diva!' They're pretty good at it, too.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

You may also like:

Eden Robinson
Novelist
Lee Maracle
Poet