"The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you."

-- Themistocles

#Son Quotes #Wife Quotes #Greek Quotes

“What I really don't like is oversimplification.”
“I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work.”
“When kids know that you refuse to let them fail ... they don't give up as easy. So sometimes they don't have it inside, [but] they're like,'You know, I don't want to do this, but I know my mother's going to be mad.'That matters to kids, and it helps get them through.”
“You never know what can happen,”
“But I dare not think too far into the future on the risk that I'll miss the present.”
“To every Armageddonist, every earth lover must keep saying with all the sincerity and affection we can muster, â€œMay God make this world as beautiful to you as it has been to me.”
“Rationalizing is the self-exculpation which occurs when we feel ourselves, or our group, accused of misapprehension or error.”

Source : James Harvey Robinson (1939). “The Mind in the Making”
“Sometimes when we think we’re protecting ourselves, we’re really hurting ourselves. And sometimes the people around us too.”

Source : Dale Peck (2010). “Sprout”, p.228, Bloomsbury Publishing

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