"At sixty I look back on a life of deep disappointments, of withered hopes, of unlooked for suffering, of severe discipline."

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Source : Letter to Harriot Hunt (1853), as quoted in "The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina: Pioneers for Woman's [sic] Rights and Abolition" by Gerda Lerner, Editorial Oxford University Press, (p. 241), 1998.

Sarah Moore Grimke

#Hope Quotes #Disappointment Quotes #Discipline Quotes

“Usually, the first thing a country does in the course of economic development is to introduce a lot of livestock. Our data are showing that this is not a very smart move and the Chinese are listening. They are realizing that animal-based agriculture is not the way to go.... We are basically a vegetarian species and should be eating a wide variety of plant food and minimizing our intake of animal foods...”
“Our words and our works are evidence that our profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is true.”
“You should be allowed to rub out and start again, it means that you are human. The purists are tedious, they tell you a mistake is like an enduring black mark. Nonsense -- better to be human than some infernal machine never going wrong.”

Source : Peter Greenaway, Sei Shōnagon (1996). “The pillow book”, Distributed Art Pub Inc
“Sheâ€™s never where she is,' I said. 'Sheâ€™s only inside her head.”
“How you going to stop me, cupcake? Hit me with your book bag?" "If I have to.”
“I met Evan Rachel Wood, James Woods, Kevin Bacon at Sundance. Steve Buscemi is pretty laid-back. I met Judy Greer in Vegas, and she was cool.”
“But this is Miami, you can't come to Miami and not show any skin. You gotta show something. If you're all covered up in this heat, you're gonna make me pass out out just to look at you. It's sweaty in Miami - but the diamonds will keep me cool.”
“You explore beautiful songs & create your own interpretation of them.”

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