"In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions."

-- Horace

#Climate Quotes #Disposition Quotes

“I was ten. I had noticed something was weird earlier in the day, but I knew from commercials that one's menstrual period was a blue liquid that you poured like laundry detergent onto maxi pads to test their absorbency. This wasn't blue, so...I ignored it for a few hours.”
“Iâ€™ve always been about style for people, not â€˜Youâ€™re going to wear this outfit,â€™... It was the way you put yourself together and the imagination, not buying this number off the rack, but the way you wear it”
“Men control the world, but women control the men.”
“I think I went through everything anyone who had a long career needed. I needed quiet. I needed to raise my children.”
“we love what we love and who we love who we love and why we love why we love and find a falling shoelace knotted and strung between the fingers of strangers”
“Let us have an education, that shall practically develop our thinking faculties and manhood; and then, and only then, shall we be able to vie with our oppressors, go where we may . . .”
“It is true that the trees are for human use. But these are aesthetic uses as well as commercial uses-uses for the spiritual wealth of all, as well as the material wealth of some.”
“Strength of will - is essential to your survival and success. The competitor who won't go away, who won't stay down, has one of the most formidable competitive advantages of all. In evaluating people, I prize ego. It often translates into a fierce desire to do their best and an inner confidence that stands them in good stead when things really get rough. Psychologists suggest that there is a strong link between ego and competitiveness. All the great performers I've ever coached had ego to spare.”

Source : "Evan Davis: 'I'm a presenter who is gay rather than a gay presenter'". Interview with Miranda Sawyer, www.theguardian.com. May 07, 2011.

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