"That industry expects you to prove yourself over and over again. Do I stay doing this, or do I raise my daughter and live surrounded by people who love me? Wasn't even really a choice."

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Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Lisa Bonet

#Mother Quotes #Daughter Quotes #People Quotes

“They [gorillas] are brave and loyal. They help each other. They rival elephants as parents and whales for gentleness. They play and have humor and they harm nothing. They are what we should be. I don't know if we'll ever get there.”

Source : Pat Derby, Peter S. Beagle (1976). “The lady and her tiger”, Dutton Books
“In a way, forgiving is only for the brave. It is for those people who are willing to confront their pain, accept themselves as permanently changed, and make difficult choices. Forgivers are not content to be stuck in a quagmire. They reject the possibility that the rest of their lives will be determined by the unjust and injurious acts of another person.”
“Literature can remind us that not all life is already written down: there are still so many stories to be told.”

Source : Colum McCann (2009). “Let the Great World Spin: A Novel”, p.351, Random House
“There is not, in the Constitution, a syllable that implies that persons, born within the territorial limits of the United States, have allegiance imposed upon them on account of their birth in the country, or that they will be judged by any different rule, on the subject of treason, than persons of foreign birth.”
“For every credibility gap there is a gullibility gap.”
“As long as I'm alive, you'll never see the last of Lightning!”
“But still, the other voice, the intuitive, returns, like grass forcing its way through concrete.”

Source : Susan Griffin (1983). “Made from this earth: an anthology of writings”, HarperCollins Publishers
“I've been in the league 12 years. To sit on the bench and complain about the way things were, that doesn't get anything done. I don't know. I'm playing for a championship and trying to make the playoffs. My effort has never changed.”

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