"Sometimes it seemed to me I could not look at those silent little figures; that I must go north, to the grim coal fields, to the Rocky Mountain camps, where the labor fight is at least fought by grown men"

-- Mother Jones

#Fighting Quotes #Men Quotes #Mountain Quotes

“Los Angeles and New York are the big centers of the music industry worldwide so of course it can be hard for newcomers who don't know what to expect from the music business.”
“Freelancing in Somalia during their civil war and in Kuwait right after the first Bush War, I had some rather intense experiences that made life in the U.S. seem rather shallow and superfluous.”
“I never understand why people have children and then insist on living as though nothing has shifted.”
“It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.”
“Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.”

Source : Mary Schmich (2012). “The Best of Mary Schmich: Selected Writings by the Chicago Tribune's Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary”, p.33, Agate Digital
“Who owns your body? You or the state?”
“Stop spending so much time trying to prove what you already know to people who don't really matter. It just makes you look insecure and lacking self-confidence.”
“A great many college graduates come here thinking of lawyers as social engineers arguing the great Constitutional issues.”

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