"If you believe in the maternal instinct and fail at mother love, you fail as a woman. It is a controlling idea that holds us in an iron grip."

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Source : 1977 My Mother, My Self, ch.1.

Nancy Friday

#Mother Quotes #Believe Quotes #Love You Quotes

“Manifesting the blessings is not really anything that is complicated or even difficult. Clear out what is not serving you or no longer actively being utilized. Give and share joyously. Receive graciously. Make amends. Adorn yourself first with inner beauty so the outer beauty may benefit from your best intentions. Contribute more than you take. Make each place you find yourself better than you found it. Be an abundant source of good tidings to and from God. In short, let go and let God.”

Source : John Morton (2000). “The Blessings Already Are”, p.162, Mandeville Press
“I think copyright is moral, proper. I think a creator has the right to control the disposition of his or her works - I actually believe that the financial issue is less important than the integrity of the work, the attribution, that kind of stuff.”

Source : "On the Frontier". Interview with Virginia Postrel, reason.com. October, 1996.
“The trick is not to look back, but keep on expressing where I'm at now. It's challenging to create something new, so it's crucial to dwell in the present moment.”
“I think audiences will always like bad guys who kill for no apparent reason. We just like to hate them.”

Source : Interview with Logan Hill, www.gq.com. May 31, 2012.
“No art can develop until it penetrates deeply into the life of the people.”

Source : Meridel Le Sueur, Elaine Hedges (1990). “Ripening: Selected Work”, p.239, Feminist Press at CUNY
“When you don't have much money, you get creative. There's so much money that gets wasted on big movie sets. But when you don't have much money, you improvise.”
“Peace on earth and mercy mild are still possible. On Christmas Eve, all things are possible.”
“Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.”

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