Quotes
Authors
Anne Taylor Fleming
"We were the daughters of the post-World War II American dream, the daughters of those idealized fifties sitcom families in which father knew best and mother knew her place and a kind of disappointment, and tense, unspoken sexuality rattled around like ice cubes in their nightly cocktails." --
Source : Anne Taylor Fleming (1995). “Motherhood Deferred: A Woman's Journey”, Fawcett
Anne Taylor Fleming
#Daughter Quotes
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“If you want to know who the oppressed minorities in America are, simply look at who gets their own shelf in the bookstore. A black shelf, a women's shelf, and a gay shelf.”
“It's to be expected that you make mistakes when you're breaking new ground.”
“Chess is not relaxing; it's stressful even if you win.”
“Above all, I wanted to be appreciated as a prima ballerina who happened to be a Native American, never as someone who was an American Indian ballerina,”
“In 1995, sanctions led Sudan to cut its ties with terrorists and expel Osama bin Laden.”
“I couldn't tell you what I am going to do next 'cause I have no idea, but I am open to anything.”
“Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are.”
Source : Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books
“Well not really to get attention, but to entertain, but you know to show some elements of rural life as well, it kind of blended all in, its kind of like a mockery in a sense, kind of stab back at people that have those stereotypical ideas of the south.”
