"Animals were both the lives I took care of and the lives who took care of me."

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Source : Lucy Grealy (1994). “Autobiography of a Face”, p.163, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Lucy Grealy

#Animal Quotes #Care Quotes

“I loved Road Warrior the first time. I saw The Road Warrior before I saw Mad Max, you know, I saw it in reverse order. And so I was, I've always been a fan of George Miller. This sequence I think got storyboarded after Fury Road came out I think as I recall. So I think, you know, we were inspired [making Maora].”

Source : Source: www.slashfilm.com
“The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy is likely to be perverse, in that high interest rates enter into costs and thus exert inflationary pressure.”

Source : "Full Employment and Price Stability: The Macroeconomic Vision of William S. Vickrey".
“You cannot stay the shell in its flight; after it has left the mortar, it goes on to its mark, and there explodes, dealing destruction all around. Just as little can you stay the consequences of a sin after it has been committed. You may repent of it, you may even be forgiven for it, but still it goes on its deadly and desolating way. It has passed entirely beyond your reach; once done, it cannot be undone.”

Source : William Mackergo Taylor (1879). “Moses the Law-giver”
“Oddly, I do have a problem with authority. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules. Which are the classic symptoms of someone who has a troubled relationship with their father. And yet, I never had a problem with my father.”

Source : "Forever Young". Interview With Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2006.
“Do you want to suck face or not?â€ â€œSuck face?â€ His head fell back and he laughed, his chest vibrating against me. It was a lusty, full-bodied sound and my toes curled at hearing it. Gideon laughed so rarely. My hands slid under his sweater and glided over that warm skin. My lips moved over his jaw. â€œIs that a no?â€ â€œAngel, Iâ€™ll suck on any part of your body I can get my mouth on.”
“I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“We must imbue our children with principles of the higher-self, principles which see all people as true equals, and above all, which are sensitive to the delicate and fragile balance of life.”
“California is a tragic country â€” like Palestine, like every Promised Land. Its short history is a fever-chart of migrations â€” the land rush, the gold rush, the oil rush, the movie rush, the Okie fruit-picking rush, the wartime rush to the aircraft factories â€” followed, in each instance, by counter-migrations of the disappointed and unsuccessful, moving sorrowfully homeward.”

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