"There is no power in the world like that of women ... this most potent constituency we seek to represent, and for their suffrages we sue."

-- Louisa Lawson

#Women Quotes #World Quotes #Suffrage Quotes

“Near-term deficits are temporary and manageable if - and only if - we keep spending in check, the tax burden low and the economy growing.”
“I was kind of a dark kid. I loved Halloween, and I loved vampires and the black and white old monster movies.”
“If we do nothing, we still get to a post-carbon future, but it will be bleak. However, if we plan the transition, we can have a world that supports robust communities of healthy, creative people and ecosystems with millions of other species.”
“Sometimes,doing nothing is the best reaction.”

Source : Bob Woodward (2011). “Obama's Wars”, p.392, Simon and Schuster
“Anyone who lives in a city will know the feeling of having been there too long. The gorge-vision that the streets imprint on us, the sense of blockage, the longing for surfaces other than glass, brick, concrete and tarmac....I have lived in Cambridge on and off for a decade, and I imagine I will continue to do so for years to come. And for as long as I stay here, I know I will have to also get to the wild places.”
“I'm not "filled with my art". I ain't got no art. I've got only a kind of craftsman's skill, and make stories as I make biscuits or embroider underwear or wrap up packages.”

Source : Letter to Guy Moyston, June 25, 1925.
“The North Sea was supposed to run out in the 1980s. Then in the 1990s. And now production is still on-line.”
“When I wrote the book, I thought that I was the hero of my story. And in writing it, I came to realize over time that my mom was the hero. And I was, you know - I was just her punk-ass sidekick.”

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