"And it's wrong of you to think that love leaves room for nothing else. It's possible to love something and still condescend to it."

-- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#Thinking Quotes #Rooms Quotes #Stills Quotes

“The first thing we need to do is realize that some of our old beliefs are dysfunctional and no longer work, if indeed they ever did. If the desire to do that isn't there, there's nothing to do.”
“I grew up as a child actress, not a child star. I was an actress - big difference.”
“While the censorious man is most severe in judging others, he is invariably the most ready to repel any animadversions made upon himself.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 357), 1895.
“Whatever inspires you is an aspect of yourself. Any desire of the heart exists to support you in discovering and manifesting it. If you have an aspiration to be something, it is because you have the potential to manifest the quality you are seeing and the behavior that this quality will bring forth.”
“Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative.”
“I think that there's something really special about doing a series. You get inside the skin of that character 'cause it's such a long time.”
“Festina Lente (Hurry in slowly)”
“Though many non-Native Americans have learned very little about us, over time we have had to learn everything about them. We watch their films, read their literature, worship in their churches, and attend their schools. Every third-grade student in the United States is presented with the concept of Europeans discovering America as a "New World" with fertile soil, abundant gifts of nature, and glorious mountains and rivers. Only the most enlightened teachers will explain that this world certainly wasn't new to the millions of indigenous people who already lived here when Columbus arrived.”

Source : Wilma Mankiller, Gloria Steinem (2016). “Every Day Is a Good Day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women”, p.73, Fulcrum Publishing

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