"You have to understand that I'm a child of the second generation, which means my mother was in Auschwitz, and the aunt of my mother was in Auschwitz with her; my grandmother and grandfather died there. So yes. All of those gestures they work for you, or for them, to fill their time or not feel their anxiety. But the child feels everything. It doesn't make the child secure. You put the child in a jail."

-- Chantal Akerman

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Mean Quotes

“I reserve my right to be complex.”
“The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility.”
“The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in torment.”
“The team developer realizes that at times the leadership 'torch' must be passed on to others. This empowerment of others serves a dual purpose; it helps them hone their own team-building skills and it brings a fresh approach, perhaps even a special expertise, to the group's efforts.”
“Christianity, by introducing into Europe the truest principles of humanity, universal benevolence, and brotherly love, had happily abolished civil slavery. Let us who profess the same religion practice its precepts... by agreeing to this duty.”

Source : Richard Henry Lee (1825). “Memoir of the Life of Richard H. Lee, and His Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Men in America and Europe”, p.19
“And the simple people are trash. A herd of sheep that are good for shearing, but sometimes it's more profitable to slaughter them.”
“What is right or duty without power ? To tell a man it is his duty to submit his judgment to the judgment of the church, is like telling a wife it is her duty to love her husband a thing easy to say, but meaning simply nothing. Affection must be won, not commanded.”
“Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but Iâ€™ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.”

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