"One thing I have is that I have never been afraid to expose myself in a way, and I really think I got that from my mother. That's a great gift you can give to a child, that they have confidence in their abilities."

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Source : Source: www.theguardian.com

John Turturro

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I married someone whom I was close friends with first. I think that was a really good move.”
“There's an old saying in Tennessee â€” I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee â€” that says, fool me once, shame on â€” shame on you. Fool me â€” you can't get fooled again.”
“That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.”

Source : Anthony Bourdain (2010). “Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook”, p.193, A&C Black
“(a womanist) 3. Loves music. Loves dance. Loves the moon. Loves the Spirit. Loves love and food and roundness. Loves struggle. Loves the Folk. Loves herself. Regardless.”
“When I first started doing the quieter, more acoustic material in Swans, there was a lot of derision and outright hatred from the audience and press, just as in the early days of Swans when we were rejected outright because of the bludgeoning, single-minded violence of the music.”
“Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion. I've seen them doing it. Words set up atmospheres, electrical fields, charges.”
“Certainly something had happened to me during the night. Or after months of tension I had arrived at the edge of some precipice and now I was falling, as in a dream slowly, even as I continued to hold the thermometer in my hand, een as I stood with the soles of my slippers on the floor, even as I felt myself solidly contained by the expectant looks of my children. It was the fault of the torture that my husband had inflicted. But enough, I had to tear the pain from memory, I had to sandpaper away the scratches that were damaging my brain.”
“I enjoy putting my mind into different situations rather than my body.”

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