"When words & manners leave you no space for yourself make very personal very clear & your obstructions will join you or disappear."

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Ntozake Shange

#Space Quotes #Manners Quotes #Disappear Quotes

“She wore an ivory-white dress and held the world in her eyes. I barely remember the priest's words or the faces of the guests, full of hope, who filled the church on that March morning. All that remains in my memory is the touch of her lips and, when I half opened my eyes, the secret oath I carried with me and would remember all the days of my life.”
“A military leader often faces a situation he has to deal with, but because it is his duty, no court can try him.”

Source : "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately, 2004.
“It would be better for me to die than to live.”
“To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.”
“The history of American women is all about leaving home - crossing oceans and continents, or getting jobs and living on their own.”

Source : Gail Collins (2009). “America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines”, p.8, Harper Collins
“The interpretations of science do not give us this intimate sense of objects as the interpretations of poetry give it; they appeal to a limited faculty, and not to the whole man. It is not Linnaeus or Cavendish or Cuvier who gives us the true sense of animals, or water, or plants, who seizes their secret for us, who makes us participate in their life; it is Shakspeare [sic] â€¦ Wordsworth â€¦ Keats â€¦ Chateaubriand â€¦ Senancour.”
“Of all the knowledge, that most worth having is knowledge about health! The first requisite of a good life is to be a healthy person.”
“Pure pragmatism can't imagine a bold future. Pure idealism can't get anything done. It is the delicate blend of both that drives innovation.”

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