"There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride."

-- Helen Hunt Jackson

#Pride Quotes #Defense Quotes

“I usually know when I take the picture. There's always some kind of un-self-conscious thing going on, so that it doesn't look like they're there for the sake of having their portrait taken.”
“I couldn't do anything. I'd work in a department store for a couple of weeks, but I couldn't hack it. I couldn't even type! I had no skills whatsoever outside of show business.”
“I made it," you said, gruffly, "for you." You shoved it onto my finger. It was roughly carved, shaped from a lump of something colourful and cold...a ring made entirely from a gemstone. It was beautiful. It glinted emerald greens and blood reds over my skin, and had tiny flecks of gold catching the light. I couldn't stop staring at it. "Why?" I asked. You didn't answer that. Instead you touched the ring gently and looked piercingly at me, unsaid questions in your eyes.”
“Every once in a while I feel the tremendous force of the novel. But it does not stay with me.”
“In football you sometimes have beauty and cruelty together.”
“I think women should support each other's work, encourage each other's work, help develop each other's voices and I think, ultimately, when we can stop having the conversation about 'women filmmakers', and just talk about 'filmmakers', then we'll know we've really gotten somewhere.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“She wins who calls herself beautiful and challenges the world to change to truly see her.”
“We are where we are, however we got here. What matters is where we go next.”

Source : Isaac Marion (2016). “Warm Bodies and The New Hunger: A Special 5th Anniversary Edition”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

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