"girls forbidden to dance would only attract husbands with bad complexions and sunken chests."

-- Jeffrey Eugenides

#Girl Quotes #Husband Quotes #Forbidden Quotes

“When you want to encourage a greater sense of responsibility in others (and yourself) emphasize the anticipation of accomplishment, not the penalties for failure.”

Source : Roger Crawford (1999). “How High Can You Bounce?: Turn Setbacks Into Comebacks”, Bantam
“Justice to others and to ourselves is the same; that we cannot define our duties by mathematical lines ruled by the square, but must fill with them the great circle traced by the compasses”
“What is the use of fighting for a vote if we have not got a country to vote in?”
“If there is a single power the West underestimates, it is the power of collective hatred.”

Source : Ralph Peters (2001). “Fighting for the Future: Will America Triumph?”, p.13, Stackpole Books
“Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.”
“I have been doing commercials on camera since I was ten.”
“I always told my team two things: Never expect them to give you anything and always expect them to make the next shot.”

Source : "If It's Solheim Cup Week, You Can Bet Beth Daniel Will Be There". Interview With Melanie Hauser, www.espn.com. September 16, 2015.
“Hospital waits are bad ones. The fact that they happen to pretty much all of us, sooner or later, doesn't make them any less hideous.”

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