"I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups."

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Source : FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Sep 19, 2012

Patti LaBelle

#Years Quotes #Appreciate Quotes #Taught Quotes

“Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
“Designs are a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life.”

Source : Geoffrey Beene, Franz Kafka, Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) (1994). “Geoffrey Beene unbound: interview”
“Mind severed from body, culture from planet- to lose our ground is to lose our home.”
“If the children acquiesce, they may learn to suppress their anger to avoid retribution. But the rage remains inside, often just below the surface.”
“Knowledge without action, is like having no knowledge at all!”
“It was like a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now.”
“I guess if I had to pick a spiritual figurehead to possess the deed to the entirety of Earth, I'd go with Buddha, but only because he wouldn't want it.”
“I believe Fernand Point is one of the last true gourmands of the 20th century. His ruminations are extraordinary and thought-provoking. He has been an inspiration for legions of chefs.”

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