"There was a time when you were not a slave, remember that. You walked alone, full of laughter, you bathed bare-bellied. You say you have lost all recollection of it, remember . . . You say there are no words to describe this time, you say it does not exist. But remember. Make an effort to remember. Or, failing that, invent."

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Source : Monique Wittig (2007). “Les Guerilleres”, p.75, University of Illinois Press

Monique Wittig

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“It may not always feel wonderful. but you're out there doing it. You're running while others are just walking. Or sitting around. I mean, come on - you're out there running, for goodness sake. You're to be taken seriously.”

Source : Deborah Reber (2005). “Run for Your Life: A Book for Beginning Women Runners”, p.31, iUniverse
“Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity.”
“I have sometimes called this 'double listening'. Listening to the voice of God in Scripture, and listening to the voices of the modern world, with all their cries of anger, pain and despair.”
“Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life; Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign, Distils from thence the tears of wrath and strife, And so turns wine to water back again.”

Source : Richard Crashaw, Francis Quarles (1857). “The poetical works of Richard Crashaw and Quarles' Emblems”, p.15
“Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.”
“And no matter how good you are you have to work at it. It's non-stop every day, every day. The best the offensive line feels is when the season starts.”

Source : Source: www.post-gazette.com
“Travel sharpens the senses. Abroad one feels, sees and hears things in an abnormal way.”
“We are part of each other and part of something bigger than our own egos. An artist should... bring into the world some vision. Dancers should ask, "What is their work in the service of?"”

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