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“If I could forgive, it meant I was a strong good person who could take responsibility for the path I had chosen for myself, and all the consequences that accompanied that choice. And it gave me the simple but powerful satisfaction of extending a kindness to another person in a tough spot.”
Source : Piper Kerman (2010). “Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison”, p.280, Spiegel & Grau
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“When I have a girlfriend, I feel caged in, I don't know why”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“If you know the differences between an oak and a poplar, a spruce and a pine, down to the needles... you are able to paint that tree with more conviction, even if done with a few broad strokes.”
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“History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.”
Source : Dorothy Salisbury Davis (1984). “Tales for a stormy night: the collected crime stories”, Backcountry Pubns
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“One reads books in order to gain the privilege of living more than one life. People who don't read are trapped in a mine shaft, even if they think the sun is shining.”
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“see the things that you want as already yours”
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“Performance leads to recognition. Recognition brings respect. Respect enhances power. Humility and grace in one's moments of power enhances dignity of an organisation,”
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“I rant and rave about noise pollution.”