"Life's too short to be sat at home writing all the time."

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Source : Helen Hodgman (1990). “Blue Skies ; &, Jack and Jill”, Penguin Group USA

Helen Hodgman

#Home Quotes #Writing Quotes #Too Short Quotes

“It is too often forgotten that when the Europeans gained enough maritime skills and gunpowder to conquer most of the world, they not only colonized the bulk of the world's people but they colonized the interpretation of history itself. Human history was rewritten to favor them at the expense of other people. The roots of modern racism can be traced to this conquest and colonization.”

Source : Wilfred Ruprecht Bion (1977). “Seven Servants: Four Works”, Jason Aronson Incorporated
“Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa.”
“Half my family was from the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the other half was U.S. Army, and I was raised on Army posts during my childhood, so I pretty much began my life with a split-brain sort of thing.”
“...had always taken for granted that the whole world was in a state of constantly fluctuating madness, and that a neurosis was not an illness, but a fact of life, like pimples.”
“If the Americans like to eat GMO products, let them eat it then. We donâ€™t need to do that; we have enough space and opportunities to produce organic food,”
“If an invisible man catches on fire, can you see him burn?”
“The way to bless God is to bless someone He loves. Bless someone in need.”
“Your home should reflect who you are, so pick a palette that's close to your heart and run with it.”

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