"Arriving at an acceptance of one's mortality is a process, not an epiphany."

-- Atul Gawande

#Acceptance Quotes #Arriving Quotes #Epiphany Quotes

“My philosophy when it came to pets was much like that of having children: You got what you got, and you loved them unconditionally regardless of whatever their personalities or flaws turned out to be.”

Source : Gwen Cooper (2010). “Homer's Odyssey”, p.15, Random House
“The reason I do what I do is that I find that Asian community gives me an endless source of humour. When I entered the filmmaking business, my whole purpose was to promote and make us visible because we were very much on the margins. So, I wanted to make us mainstream. My work has helped to mainstream-ise the Asian community.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“In Australia, average temperatures have risen almost one degree since 1910, and each decade since the 1940s has been warmer than the one before. That warming is real. Its consequences are real. And it will change our lives in real and practical ways.”
“I really don't wear a lot of makeup, but my makeup artist Priscilla Ono has taught me the basics.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“Make no mistake - they're coming for our guns. And we freedom-loving gun lovers are totally defenseless! Other than, you know, the guns.”
“I just find that I enjoy the music that feels like there's a journey to the top of this mountain, then you're at the top of the mountain finally with this magical feeling, and you're stoked because you made it, and you're up there, but there's a little bit of sadness to think of all that you lost along the way to get there. I guess I relate and enjoy the path and the struggle very much. Maybe it's the competitive spirit in me.”
“The best hope is that one of these days the ground will get disgusted enough just to walk away - leaving people with nothing more to stand on than what they have so bloody well stood for up to now.”
“A vicious teacher is just a vicious teacher, as a vicious neighbor may happen to be. But a vicious mother - means that the whole world is vicious.”

Source : "Parenting For Everyone" by Simon Soloveychik, (Book 1, part 2, ch. 20), 1977-1986.

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