"Out of near disaster, came real progress."

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Source : Judy LaMarsh (1969). “Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage”, Toronto ; Montreal : McClelland and Stewart

Judy LaMarsh

#Real Quotes #Progress Quotes #Disaster Quotes

“Rude interviewers are ten a penny, and politicians have long since learned how to cope.”
“I don't want to flee, nor do I want to abandon the battle of these farmers who live without any protection in the forest. They have the sacrosanct right to aspire to a better life on land where they can live and work with dignity while respecting the environment.”
“Arrogance is an utterly appropriate weapon to use against a hostile world, a world in which arrogance is feared and respected, even if, like mine, it's only feigned.”

Source : Thomas Bernhard (2013). “Extinction: A Novel”, p.219, Vintage
“I hope that the residents of my current district - from Quincy to Provincetown and the Islands - know that their well-being is my primary concern and nothing changes that.”

Source : "Keating switch avoids Mass. duel" by Alex Isenstadt, www.politico.com. November 07, 2011.
“Kind words not only lift our spirits in the moment they are given, but they can linger with us over the years.”
“Before The World Was Made If I make the lashes dark and the eyes more bright and the lips more scarlet, or ask if all be right from mirror after mirror, no vanity's displayed: I'm looking for the face I had before the world was made. What if I look upon a man as though on my beloved, and my blood be cold the while and my heart unmoved? Why should he think me cruel or that he is betrayed? I'd have him love the thing that was before the world was made.”
“Guys will take one pair of jeans, five T-shirts and three pair of socks and that'll get you by for 10 weeks.”
“Anyone who is not investing now is missing a tremendous opportunity.”

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