"The fate of peoples is made like this, two men in small rooms. Forget the coronations, the conclaves of cardinals, the pomp and processions. This is how the world changes: a counter pushed across a table, a pen stroke that alters the force of a phrase, a woman's sigh as she passes and leaves on the air a trail of orange flower or rose water; her hand pulling close the bed curtain, the discreet sigh of flesh against flesh."

-- Hilary Mantel

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“I do think that one needs to have respect for people who are older. And I really do love the idea that one can respect generations.”
“Successful presentations are understandable, memorable, and emotional”
“I became a vegetarian out of concern for animals, but I wasn't a vegetarian long before I realized there's something to that. I don't think I would have worked for the past five years probably were it not for my vegetarian diet.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When Buddhists say, "A bodhisattva fears not the result, but only the cause," they mean that we must expend the bulk of our energy planting good roots today, rather than fretting about the plants that are already growing from the roots we planted in the past.”

Source : Hsing Yun (2016). “Describing the Indescribable: A Commentary on the Diamond Sutra”, p.57, Simon and Schuster
“Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.”

Source : George Jackson (1970). “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson”, Chicago Review Press
“Courage was America's watchword, but a courage of the body rather than of the soul - physical courage, not moral.”
“The term girl not only serves to avoid certain anxiety-arousing connotations inherent in the word woman regarding aggression, sexuality, and reproduction, it also serves to impart a tone of frivolousness and lack of seriousness to ambitious, intellectual, and competitive striving that women may pursue.”
“I wish I could balance life as an artist and a mother, but sometimes when I am doing live concerts, I have to ask people to help me in my other role.”

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