"... my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than 'taking authority for truth.'"

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Source : "Eminent women of the age". Book by James Parton et. al., p. 375, 1868.

Lucretia Mott

#Light Quotes #Conviction Quotes #Authority Quotes

“But, look; it also exists for acts that are really established. It's not always a guarantee that you're going to do something that's going to be of quality. It's not always in your control. That's sort of how the business is. Because for the moment - for the moment, we're blessed.”
“I will not play at tug o' war, I'd rather play at hug o' war”
“Good art should elicit a response of 'Huh? Wow!' as opposed to â€˜Wow! Huh?'”
“Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background, the countless minor scenes and interiors of the secession war; and it is best they should not. The real war will never get in the books.”
“I don't have any love for this business or the game or for acting. This is my day job.”
“There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.”
“I've always been exactly who I am on TV. I'm not playing a role.”
“Teach a child how to think, not what to think.”

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