"We all go back to our roots. My father went to the central west, went to Ilfracombe in 1919. He was the manager of the wool scour there. And, Ilfracombe was right at the heart of Australia's great wool industry, and my mother was a teacher at Winton."

-- Quentin Bryce

#Mother Quotes #Teacher Quotes #Father Quotes

“She didn't say a work, and I gave up trying, because you couldn't hear either one of us over the shattering noise of hearts breaking and the looming shadow of the last word, the one we refused to say.”
“There has been a fundamental paradigm shift. Today's customer expectations are: If i can imagine it, it simply has to be there; if not, I'll invent it myself'”
“Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due.”
“Perhaps Europeans are a bit more skeptic whereas Americans are more believers.”
“In the Zen Way we focus upon each breath, each day, each moment and experience it totally. One complete breath brings the next.”
“There's no such thing as hurting someone for their own good. There's only hurting someone for your own good.”

Source : Kate Bornstein (2012). “A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology, and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today”, p.164, Beacon Press
“God was my co-pilot, but we crashed in the mountains and I had to eat Him. Explain.”
“Little white lies are part of everyday life. If youre in court being charged with a felony, youre probably going to be tempted to lie. Or if your girlfriend asks you if the sweater she is wearing makes her look fat; youre going to lie because you love that person. There are different reasons and justifications to lie; its human nature.”

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