"I think that submissiveness can [be] and is a formidable weapon, which women will use as long as it isn't taken from them."

-- Anne Desclos

#Taken Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Long Quotes

“Tyrants are always assassinated too late. That is their great excuse.”
“Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?”

Source : Judith Viorst (1987). “Love and Guilt and the Meaning of Life, Etc.”, Fireside
“Of all the creatures that creep, swim, or fly, Peopling the earth, the waters, and the sky, From Rome to Iceland, Paris to Japan, I really think the greatest fool is man.”
“Pressure cookers are relatively inexpensive, they're in every kitchen store, your grandma probably had one, but a lot of people don't. A pressure cooker is interesting because by pressurizing the vessel, you're able to cook much hotter than the boiling point of water, and still have water be present.”
“A leader takes people where they would never go on their own.”

Source : Hans Finzel (2013). “The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make”, p.19, David C Cook
“I don't believe my own hype, I just take each day as it comes. And I always feel blessed.”

Source : Source: www.movieweb.com
“By laying the groundwork for a system centered on home ownership rather than the public housing popular in Europe, the New Deal made possible the great postwar housing boom that populated the Sun Belt and boosted millions of Americans into the middle class, where, ironically, they often became Republicans.”

Source : Jonathan Alter (2007). “The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope”, p.284, Simon and Schuster
“Oh God, if there be cricket in heaven, let there also be rain.”

Source : Quoted in Helen Exley Cricket Quotations (1992).

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