"The most important thing to me is to give something back to my parents, because they've done so much for me throughout my life."

-- Leona Lewis

#Giving Quotes #Parent Quotes #Important Quotes

“I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings.”
“In the aftermath of any war or genocide, healing and reconciliation are ultimate aspirations.”

Source : "Spectres of Sarajevo" by Janine di Giovanni, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2008.
“We simply need that wild country available to us... For it can be a means of reassuring ourselves of our sanity as creatures, a part of the geography of hope.”
“I wish she'd said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can't hide from it, not even here.”

Source : Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.185, Simon and Schuster
“It would be inaccurate to say the Tea Partiers are racists. What they are, in truth, are narcissists.”
“A homeless guy came up to me on the street, said he hadn't eaten in four days. I told him, "Man, I wish I had your willpower.”

Source : Rodney Dangerfield (2009). “It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs”, p.22, Zondervan
“It's really wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people.”
“I was very outgoing, and a good-looking kid. I started doing all the catalogs. I made 60 commercials by the time I was 6. I must have been a natural, because I never took an acting lesson.”

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