"Before we can leave our parents, they stuff our heads like the suitcases which they jam-pack with homemade underwear."

-- Maxine Hong Kingston

#Parent Quotes #Jam Quotes #Stuff Quotes

“Yes, I've just bought a new horse, named Jedi.”
“Other people sound flat to my ear; their words just hang in the air. But when my mother says something, the ends curl.”
“My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met as immigrants in New York in the early '20s. My mother's family came over from Ireland generations ago.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The imperative is to define what is right and do it.”

Source : Barbara Jordan, Elspeth D. Rostow, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin (1986). “The Great Society: A Twenty Year Critique”, Univ Texas at Austin Lyndon B
“Network Spinal Analysis inspires us to trust the healing power within.”
“I lost interest in firearms because we had a dog that was scared to death of the sound of a rifle shot.”
“When Glenda Jackson reveals that she has never been in a relationship with a man in which he hasn't raised his fists to her, I don't know whether this tells us more about the contemporary male or about Glenda Jackson.”

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