"God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is."

-- Giordano Bruno

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“We swung over the hills and over the town and back again, and I saw how a man can be master of a craft, and how a craft can be master of an element. I saw the alchemy of perspective reduce my world, and all my other life, to grains in a cup. I learned to watch, to put my trust in other hands than mine. And I learned to wander. I learned what every dreaming child needs to know -- that no horizon is so far that you cannot get above it or beyond it.”

Source : Beryl Markham (2012). “West with the Night”, p.204, Open Road Media
“The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn't have the weight of gender expectations.”

Source : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2014). “We Should All Be Feminists”, p.18, Vintage
“I needed to hate someone and youâ€™re the one I love the most, so it fell on you.”

Source : FaceBook post by Gayle Forman from Feb 15, 2014
“I don't have the passion for acting that actors might have.”

Source : "Jemima Kirke Will Be an Actress Yet". Interview with Anna Peele, www.esquire.com. November 10, 2010.
“So, will his new gun laws - aimed primarily at law-abiding firearms owners - reduce the crime rate even further? Rock is hesitant to give a conclusive answer: "I think it will help. (But) I don't want to overstate it. I don't want to give any guarantees."”
“I've met people and have mentors that have taught me and I'm still trying to get better today.”

Source : "Gigi Hadid Hates the Gym, Loves Carbs, and Just Got Her First Fitness Campaign". Interview with Kristina Rodulfo, www.elle.com. October 4, 2016.
“I started playing instruments. Writing didn't come until later. I didn't know how to play a keyboard but I'd listen to hits off the radio, learn them, then my hands would be ready to play.”
“Women, rouse yourselves! The tocsin of reason resounds through the whole universe: recognize your rights. The powerful empire of nature is no longer surrounded by prejudices, fanaticism, superstition and lies.”

Source : Olympe de Gouges (1989). “The Rights of Woman”

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