"My mom worked as a housekeeper, and I saw her relationship with her employers - how on the one hand she spent more time with these women than with a lot of her friends, and how in certain ways they were friends. But then they weren't."

-- Jesmyn Ward

#Mom Quotes #Hands Quotes #Way Quotes

“A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.”
“I don't agree with a core statement by most feminists, the statement by Simone de Beauvoir: "One is not born a woman, one becomes one." Even as a schoolgirl I wasn't convinced by the claim that gender has nothing to do with biology and is only shaped by one's environment.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“The most innovative designers consciously reject the standard option box and cultivate an appetite for thinking wrong.”
“God wants to bless us in many ways that require faith. We must trust that He is answering our prayers even when we canâ€™t see it.”
“Sometimes I find myself exploring very different and new fields but I have a very clear vision of what I would like to do and the questions I would like to raise.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“Revealing yourself, physically or emotionally, to cast and crew is frequently uncomfortable. But it is essential if you want to to tell the truth. I felt more at ease being bold with some than I did with others. I was incredibly fortunate to have worked with Randy Harrison as Justin Taylor. We share enough taste in music and art to have had a real camaraderie, and luckily that evolved into a deep friendship.”

Source : "Queer as Folk ‘s Gale Harold". Interview with lana Rapp, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 2, 2014.
“Life packed a clever one-two punch: cruelty and absurdity.”
“Nothing is more fortifying than learning that you have a real reader, a reader who truly responds both accurately and actively. It gives you courage, and you feel, I can crawl out on the branch a little further. Itâ€™s going to hold.”

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