"The mother is the most precious possessions of the nation, so precious that society advances its highest well-being when it protects the functions of the mother."

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Source : Ellen Key (2016). “The century of the child”, p.42, Ellen Key

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#Mother Quotes #Baby Quotes #Function Quotes

“Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life.”
“Like one's own children, golf has an uncanny way of endearing itself to us while at the same time evoking every weakness of mind and character, no matter how well hidden.”

Source : W Timothy Gallwey (2014). “The Inner Game of Golf”, p.19, Pan Macmillan
“Journalism is an immense power, that threatens soon to supersede sermons, lectures, and books.”
“As long as we live in a system of states, and as long as the roots of fascism and imperialist aggression have not finally been extirpated, our vigilance in regard to possible new violators of peace should not slacken, and concern for the strengthening of cooperation between the peace-loving powers will continue to be our most important duty.”

Source : "Strategy and Tactics of Soviet Foreign Policy" by John Malcolm Mackintosh, (p. 4), 1963.
“An artist is no bigger than the size of his mind.”
“I still buy CDs and DVDs, but generally for more obscure material.”

Source : "Julian Ovenden: 'The iPhone is surely the must-have gadget'". Interview with Stuart O'Connor, www.theguardian.com. November 6, 2009.
“At a time when pimpery, lick-spittlery, and picking the public's pocket are the order of the day - indeed, officially proclaimed as virtue - the poet must play the madcap to keep his balance. And ours.”
“She can't just be a face, a body; there has to be more than that, some kind of connection. And I can't connect, don't want to connect, with anyone.”

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