"Sicily could only be an island, less by the caprice of nature than by her own insolence. As though she might have quit Italy had she not already been born separate from it."

-- Marlena De Blasi

#Islands Quotes #Might Quotes #Quitting Quotes

“Girls have long been evaluated on the basis of appearance and caught in myriad double binds: achieve, but not too much, be polite,but be yourself, be feminine and adult; be aware of our cultural heritage, but don't comment on the sexism. . . . Girls are trained to be less than who they really are. They are trained to be what the culture wants of its young women, not what they themselves want to become.”
“London owes everything to its press: it owes as much to its press as it does to its being the seat of government and the law.”
“Barack Obama has raised tons of money. That is what he means by being green.”
“For us, sons of France, political sentiment is a passion; while, for the Englishmen, politics are a question of business.”

Source : Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1890). “Wilfrid Laurier on the Platform: Collection of the Principal Speeches Made in Parliament Or Before the People, by the Honorable Wilfrid Laurier ... Member for Quebec-East in the Commons, Since His Entry Into Active Politics in 1871”, Turcotte & Ménard
“I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.”
“Over time, you'll find that the more you trust your intuition and allow it to set your direction, the more you build that trust. Develop a habit of continually checking in with your intuition by asking yourself: Does this feel right to me?”
“The most horrible thing is not a government that stages public executions, but a government that secretly disposes of its victims.”
“A great tragedy passes from crest to hollow of passion, rises and sinks again, as rhythmically as sea-waves.”

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