"I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me."

-- Maya Angelou

#Life Changing Quotes #Long Quotes #Sides Quotes

“The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was, nor forward to what it might be, but living in the present and accepting it as it is now.”

Source : Audrey Sutherland (1978). “Paddling my own canoe”, Kolowalu Book
“God grinds the axes he intends to use.”

Source : Dave Sim (1997). “Cerebus Guide to Self Publishing”
“I still think photographers should be lashed out at. They should be put in a cage where you can poke them with a stick for a quarter. But not in a hostile way, just for giggles. They really are on the attack against mankind; it's a disease. They should be helped somewhere. But I'd still like to poke them with a stick.”
“When you fail to succeed the first time, keep trying. It's called life.”
“Accepting the key premise that the learner is the primary customer of schooling means others follow naturally. ... The core business of schooling is learning, and the quality of learning experienced by all learners should be the standard against which performance is measured.”
“When I started tentatively dipping a toe into fat-positive internet spaces, I learned that reclaiming the term was the quickest and most powerful way to make it stop hurting. If you can say, "Yes, I am fat, and it's okay to be fat," then all of a sudden it doesn't hurt when someone says it to you. And it's also just a descriptor. It's like tall.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“Each morning needs to start with a good sweat. I'm either working out at home or on set, depending on my call time.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My mother couldn't have been happier when I said I was moving to New York.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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