"There has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings."

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Source : Sarah Moore Grimké, Mary S. Parker (1838). “Letters on the equality of the sexes, and the condition of woman: Addressed to Mary S. Parker”, p.59

Sarah Moore Grimke

#Leadership Quotes #Royalty Quotes #Monarchy Quotes

“Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government”
“Even if a story has nothing to do with my life, if I can recognise something of myself in the character and think, 'Oh yeah, that's what I'd do...' Yeah, that's what I look for.”
“You canâ€™t look at someone with your eyes and take their measure. You have to look with the heart.”
“What you do with your billable time determines your current income, but what you do with your non-billable time determines your future.”
“When we get the private sector going through job creation and growth, then the governments at all level have revenues to do the things that they need to do. And that's why it's so important to get this economy moving, to get jobs created. We can't keep going on with this anemic recovery.”

Source : "Starting Point With Soledad O'Brien", www.cnn.com. June 14, 2012.
“A wonderful story collection set between one place and another and shaped by a fearless sense of comedy.”
“Unlike scandal-monger Ed Kleinâ€™s fantastical No. 1 best-selling narrative about the supposed Blood Feud between the Clintons and the Obamas, Halperâ€™s study is juicy and gossipy, yet scrupulously researched, drawing on numerous on-the-record conversations (as well as many not-for-attribution interviews) with prominent Democrats and Clinton insiders, past and present.”
“I hope there's a life after life - and maybe I can even come back again and get on another train, and ride and gain some more wisdom.”

Source : Interview with Chris Simunek, hightimes.com. August 5, 2015.

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