"I'm felt I was writing about love and desire and community and belonging and grief and a whole host of other issues. But race is never far from the surface."

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Danzy Senna

#Grief Quotes #Writing Quotes #Community Quotes

“I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Look! Don't be deceived by appearances - men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea!”
“You're as young as your dreams, not as old as your calendar”
“Look for opportunities to help someone else, but don't give expecting something in return. Give knowing that if we give we receive.”
“Bachelors begin at thirty-six. Up till this age they are regarded as single men.”

Source : Jilly Cooper (2011). “Men And Supermen”, p.22, Random House
“A plan is a bridge to your dreams. Your job is to make the plan or bridge real, so that your dreams will become real. If all you do is stand on the side of the bank and dream of the other side, your dreams will forever be just dreams.”
“My habit of attacking Huns dangling from their parachutes led to many arguments in the mess. Some officers, of the Eton and Sandhurst type, thought it was 'unsportsmanlike' to do it. Never having been to a public school, I was unhampered by such considerations of form. I just pointed out that there was a bloody war on, and that I intended to avenge my pals.”
“The Syrian war was started and fueled by three countries in the region, namely Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey. They acted for the sake of political and economic dominance and in favor of Sunni Islam against the Alawite influence in the government of Syria.”

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