"I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our children, our spouses, our families, and our friends."

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Source : Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.174, Simon and Schuster

Raquel Cepeda

#Children Quotes #Blood Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“I don't believe in geniuses, I believe in hard work.”
“I'm free of an abusive cult, based on money and power that worships a fictional deity and safely back with the Catholic Church.”
“The human mind is never better disposed to gratitude and attachment than when softened by fear.”

Source : "Queen Victoria's Little Wars". Book by Byron Farwell, p. 27-31, 1972.
“In Italy, for the same price as a typical British hamburger meal including sweet, a builder's labourer could eat like a king - rather better in fact, because pasta dishes gain from being kept simple.”
“World federalists hold before us the vision of a unified mankind living in peace under a just world order... The heart of their program-a world under law- is realistic and attainable.”
“Do not compare yourself to others. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.”
“To be fair to ourselves, in almost every original script, the timing is actually worked out down to the minute”

Source : "The Worst Day Ever". Interview with James Surowiecki, www.slate.com. January 17, 2006.
“You might think people would buy clothes out of pity, but they wonâ€™t. People buy clothes because they want to be excited about themselves. ...it has to be great clothing that just happens to be goody-goody, too.”

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