"Genius is lonely without the surrounding presence of a people to inspire it."

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson

#Lonely Quotes #People Quotes #Inspire Quotes

“remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it really happened or not.”

Source : Rodman Philbrick (2015). “Freak the Mighty”, p.6, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“Even as a kid- do all kids think about this? I hope they don't, I hope my kids don't think about this- I was always thinking about, "Well, what are we doing? What is this all about?"”
“My days â€“ the blossom of my youth and the flower of my manhood â€“ have been darkened by the dreariness of servitude. In this my native land â€“ in the land of my sires â€“ I am degraded without fault as an alien and an outcast.”
“Whenever you want to see me, always look at the sunset; I will be there.”

Source : Grace Ogot (1988). “Land Without Thunder”, p.133, East African Publishers
“An adult woman should not be so possessive of her own birthday that she begrudges her friends the chance to get married on the same day.”
“Women do two thirds of the world's work. Yet they earn only one tenth of the world's income and own less than one percent of the world's property. They are among the poorest of the world's poor.”

Source : Barber B. Conable (1991). “The Conable years at the World Bank: major policy addresses of Barber B. Conable, 1986-91”
“I am honoured to have the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of my esteemed colleague and fellow poet Mr. Dennis Lee, it will be with pride and passion that I carry forward the mandate of the Poet Laureate position for the City of Toronto and its residents.”
“The fact is, as actors, everything we do, bad or good, is a contribution. To me, it is a positive thing to give people as wide a range of human behavior with some sense of understanding of that behavior or some clue to it.”

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