"A lot of girls who turn into something remarkable start off as irrepressible, confident and a handful."

-- Francine Prose

#Girl Quotes #Remarkable Quotes #Irrepressible Quotes

“I can confirm, although I am not certain, that we have very good reason to believe that tomorrow is Monday.”
“Since 1980, we've used reconciliation 22 times, and out of those times, Republicans used it 16 times. So, earth to my Republican friends, you can have your option but you cannot change these facts. They're in the Congressional Record”
“I have no idea why people want to watch puppets be the slightly meaner version of the weirdo holding them. It's beyond my comprehension.”
“The most important thing is the story. Not the script, but the story.”
“As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable.”
“The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.”
“It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.”

Source : Cesare Beccaria (2016). “On Crimes and Punishments”, p.107, Transaction Publishers
“My mission is to figure out the journalistic model for the digital medium, finding out how we get the right stories readers want, at the right time and wherever they want to read them.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

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