"The night was gone. The morning star was shining in the sky. I too had become a completely different person. The student of the Talmud, the child that I was, had been consumed in the flames. There remained only a shape that looked like me. A dark flame had entered into my soul and devoured it."

-- Elie Wiesel

#Morning Quotes #Stars Quotes #Children Quotes

“Out of all the fighters that I have developed, clothed, financed, Gerrie Coetzee is the only one who had the decency to say 'thanks'.”
“It's just a show. It's not the end of Western Civilization. It's chewing gum.”
“War is murder. And the military preparations now being made for a potential major confrontation are aimed at collective murder. In a nuclear age the victims would be numbered by the millions. This naked truth must be faced.”

Source : Alva Myrdal, Cecilia Åse, Yvonne Hirdman (2002). “"Något kan man väl göra: texter 1932-1982”
“O farmer, strong farmer! You can spend at the fair, But your face you must turn To your crops and your care”
“A marriage is a solemn affair. The tempest of emotions and the myriad of arrangements are giddying, and when one is faced with these, clothing seems to be the last of one's priorities.”
“Your color doesn't define your brain nor your soul. You can stand next to any human being and challenge that person as long as you use your brain.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“You're fighting a battle of good and evil with your dog pimp! Your only weapon is the shimmy! There is power in the shimmy! Make him fear your shimmy! Now, goddamnit, show me your war shimmy!”

Source : Laurie Notaro (2007). “There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble”, p.253, Villard
“I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE: Gabby Douglas and Mom Natalie Hawkins on Historic Win, Hair, and Inspiring Black Girls". Interview with Yolanda Sangweni, www.essence.com. August 10, 2012.

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