"Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?"

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Source : "Women of Beauty and Heroism" by Frank B. Goodrich, (p. 301), 1859.

Marie Antoinette

#Courage Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes

“When I started out, I preferred to watch my films without music, as its presence tends to mask the underlying pace of the film. I felt I could feel the rhythm of the film better without music to influence me.”
“If you think about the last 50 years, Africa's proximity and historical context has absolutely been with Europe and the United States, but their approach in dealing with the economic challenges that Africa faces in particular has been one of handing out aid, not developing economies, not building a long term relationship around agriculture and so on.”

Source : "The New Maritime Silk Road". Interview with Parag Khanna, bigthink.com.
“The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself. I suppose that it begins or does not begin in the cradle.”
“I teach high school math. I sell a product to a market that doesn't want it, but is forced by law to buy it.”
“It is not an act of bravery to try to save your own village. It is an instinct to protect what you possess. Bravery is when you step in to help when you have nothing to lose.”

Source : Gail Tsukiyama (2008). “The Samurai's Garden: A Novel”, p.123, Macmillan
“When he kissed me, his lips soft and careful, it was all the thrill of our first kiss and all the practiced familiarity of the accumulated memory of all our kisses.”
“I know that I'm a decent actor, but it's another thing to be in a scene with Jon Hamm and hold your own.”

Source : "Q&A with Jessica Paré/Megan/ugh this bitch and her teeth". Interview with AMCtv.com, ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com. October 18th, 2010.
“Postmodernism is Modernism with Alzheimer's.”

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