"I want our people to be like a molave tree, strong and resilient, standing on the hillsides, unafraid of the rising tide, lighting and the storm, confident of its strength."

-- Manuel L. Quezon

#Strong Quotes #People Quotes #Tree Quotes

“The only thing I get from the theatre is a sore arse.”
“I read once that you need two things to be happy: any two of health, money, and love. You can cover the absense of one with the other two... But now I realized this was unmitigated bullshit, because health and money did not compare with love at all.”
“I hope my work is recognizable as being by a woman, though I certainly would never deliberately make it feminine in any way, in subject or treatment. But if I speak in a voice which is my own, it's bound to be the voice of a woman.”

Source : Helen Yglesias, Isabel Bishop (1989). “Isabel Bishop”, Rizzoli International Publications
“Never be afraid to sit a while and think.”

Source : Lorraine Hansberry (2011). “A Raisin in the Sun”, p.119, Vintage
“We must make organic the conventional choice and not the exception available only to the rich and educated.”
“The patriot, like the Christian, must learn to bear revilings and persecutions as a part of his duty; and in proportion as the trial is severe, firmness under it becomes more requisite and praiseworthy. It requires, indeed, self-command. But that will be fortified in proportion as the calls for its exercise are repeated.”
“In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.”
“With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction.”

Source : Samuel Eliot Morison (1953). “By Land and by Sea: Essays and Addresses”, New York : Knopf

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