"My parents survived the Great Depression and brought me up to live within my means, save some for tomorrow, share and don't be greedy, work hard for the necessities in life knowing that money does not make you better or more important than anyone else. So, extravagance has been bred out of my DNA."

-- David Suzuki

#Hard Work Quotes #Mean Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“Dishonoring what we feel is an epidemic that has us self-medicating as a culture and trying to numb ourselves.”

Source : Abiola Abrams (2014). “The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love: The 11 Secrets of Feminine Power”, p.131, El Dorado Publishing
“Anytime anyone is enslaved, or in any way deprived of his liberty, if that person is a human being, as far as I am concerned he is justified to resort to whatever methods necessary to bring about his liberty again.”
“For the Gulf States, perhaps no forage crop of which the available seed supply is relatively abundant exceeds the velvet bean in potential value. This legume possesses also the ability to make a crop when planted relatively late.”
“A healthy body attends to the pain of the weakest part.”
“Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure.”
“An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.”
“Don't imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.”
“Brimming. That's what it is, I want to get to a place where my sentences enact brimming.”

Source : Li-Young Lee, Earl G. Ingersoll (2006). “Breaking the Alabaster Jar: Conversations with Li-Young Lee”, p.77, BOA Editions, Ltd.

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