"A #GIRLBOSS is in charge of her own life. She gets what she wants because she works for it."

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Source : Sophia Amoruso (2014). “#GIRLBOSS”, p.19, Penguin

Sophia Amoruso

“Changes are inseparable from democracy. To defend democracy is to defend the possibility of change; in turn, changes alone can strengthen democracy.”
“It is not possible for me to bear alone such labours and the burden of such weighty cares as press on me from hour to hour, without one man at my side to help me. I have not a soul to aid me in all my anxieties and toils.”

Source : "William the Silent". Book by Frederic Harrison, p. 75, 1897.
“I grew up in New York, so I grew up reading the Sunday Times. It's always something I've been aware of, since my childhood.”
“What is so seductive about texting, about keeping that phone on, about that little red light on the BlackBerry, is you want to know who wants you.”
“I love life, and I have a lot of gratitude. There have been a lot of bumps in the road, but my sense of humor gets me through a lot.”
“Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.”
“I can be surfing the exact same wave and then sometimes something will just set off, even if I'm riding the same board the whole time. Something will just set off and it just feels like you can push just that extra bit harder.”
“Unlike lions and dogs, we are a dissenting animal. We need to dissent in the same way that we need to travel, to make money, to keep a record of our time on earth and in dream, and to leave a permanent mark. Dissension is a drive, like those drives.”

Source : Carol Bly (1988). “Letters from the Country”, HarperCollins

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