"Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope that you will choose to make some of that trouble on behalf of women."

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Source : "What graduation speeches can teach you about life" by Natasha Lunn, www.redonline.co.uk. April 15, 2015.

Nora Ephron

#Inspirational Quotes #Graduation Quotes #Women Quotes

“I have very, very few friends. I live in a very tight circle and emotionally I'm probably not as generous as I once was. In an average week I probably meet 150 new people and that's uncomfortable sometimes.”
“Perfection doesn't exist.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution.”

Source : "Talk Back Live" on CNN, December 19, 1995.
“When illness enters a home, not only does it take hold of a body. It also weaves a dark web between hearts, a web where hope is trapped.”
“Id love a werebear. But I guess you need that seductive element of danger. And though bears can be dangerous, when you say werebear it just sounds kind of cuddly. Probably has a rainbow on his belly.”
“I'd love to do a Broadway show, but I can't because of the style I sing.”
“Like any of life's refining fires, cancer is a potentially profound learning experience. So what did I learn? I learned that profound learning experiences are vastly overrated.”
“When I see I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I see I am everything, that is love. My life is a movement between these two.”

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