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Rae Spoon

"I still use the pronoun she for my publicity materials, and for mainstream media stuff, for two reasons: the first is that I do a lot of work in public schools, and I want those young women and girls to see every kind of she there can be. I want them to see my biceps and my shorn hair and shirt and tie and for some of them to see me as a possibilityI want them to see me living outside of the boxes, because they might be asphyxiating in their own box and need to see there is air out here for them to breathe, that all they have to do is lift the lid a little."

-- Rae Spoon

#Girl Quotes #School Quotes #Hair Quotes

“For the dharma to become firsthand knowledge-to feel the â€˜ouchâ€™ of it-you have to live intimately with it, hold it up to scrutiny, and let it hold you up to scrutiny. In the end, the ball is always thrown back to you: â€˜Be a lamp unto yourself,â€™ says the Buddha. In other words, you must ultimately find the way on your own, by putting your ideas of the truth to the test. Your questions light the way.”
“If you have a dream, chase it no matter what it takes.”
“It is on account neither of God's weakness nor ignorance that evil comes into the world, but rather it is due to the order of his wisdom and the greatness of his goodness that diverse grades of goodness occur in things, many of which would be lacking if no evil were permitted. Indeed, the good of patience would not exist without the evil of persecution; nor the good of preservation of life in a lion if not for the evil of the destruction of the animals on which it lives.”
“I hated the words. Each one was like a big live insect in my mouth.”
“I'm not a huge fan of horror movies myself because I'm a big baby and I get too scared to watch them.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is how it has always been. We will accept the legacy of our ancestors,' Asha says, smiling, and in her smile I do not see warmth or wisdom; I see fear. You're afraid of losing your hold on them,' I say coolly. I? I have no power.' Don't you? If you keep them from the magic, they will never know what their lives could be.' They will remain protected,' Asha insists. No,' I say. 'Only untested' -page 569”
“Plus, when you get in tough situations, like the bases loaded and nobody out, you never give in.”
“What is necessary is never a risk.”

Source : "Mémoires". Book by Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, 1718.

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