"We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire..."

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Joseph Priestley

#Fire Quotes #Color Quotes #Genius Quotes

“I feel like I don't see myself as all that different from other humans as a woman, but I'm surprised by how frequently I'm asked to see myself differently. So that's one kind of terror to have to face. Am I a unicorn? What's sticking out of my head that I'm not seeing? I'm simply female, and that puts me alongside all of my human counterparts.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“Looking at yourself through the media is like looking at one of those rippled mirrors in an amusement park.”
“We must strive to become good ancestors.”

Source : "The Good Fight: Declare Your Independence and Close the Democracy Gap". Book by Ralph Nader, 2004.
“At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.”
“If you listen to dogs barking you will go deaf without learning anything.”
“A land not mine, still forever memorable, the waters of its ocean chill and fresh. Sand on the bottom whiter than chalk, and the air drunk, like wine, late sun lays bare the rosy limbs of the pinetrees. Sunset in the ethereal waves: I cannot tell if the day is ending, or the world, or if the secret of secrets is inside me again.”
“To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.”
“Growing up, if I hadn't had sports, I don't know where I'd be. God only knows what street corners I'd have been standing on and God only knows what I'd have been doing, but instead I played hockey and went to school and stayed out of trouble.”

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