"Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me."

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Source : Catherine Helen Spence “An Autobiography”, Library of Alexandria

Catherine Helen Spence

#Mother Quotes #Australia Quotes #Long Quotes

“You don't need money to look fabulous. There are so many awesome new designers, so many designers doing collections for mass retailers.”

Source : Interview with John-John Williams IV, articles.baltimoresun.com. October 15, 2010.
“Sin always seems 'good, and pleasant, and desirable,' at the time of commission.”
“We should balance the budget. If government programs are important enough, we need to pay for them with taxes or make cuts in lesser programs. We've lost that discipline entirely. It seems prudent to avoid the possibility that the people who own our debt will start to worry the U.S. won't pay. That would raise how much it would cost the U.S. to borrow, which in a national emergency, like a war or pandemic, could be critical.”

Source : Source: www.psychologytoday.com
“Sahaja Yoga is nothing but love, love, love. How much you love others is the main point.”
“When it looks at great accomplishments, the world, bent on simplifying its images, likes best to look at the dramatic, picturesquemoments experienced by its heroes.... But the no less creative years of preparation remain in the shadow.”
“Everybody now admits that apartheid was wrong, and all I did was tell the people who wanted to know where I come from how we lived in South Africa. I just told the world the truth. And if my truth then becomes political, I can't do anything about that.”
“Screwing things up is a virtue. Being correct is never the point. I have an almost fanatically correct assistant, and by the time she re-spells my words and corrects my punctuation, I canâ€™t read what I wrote. Being right can stop all the momentum of a very interesting idea.”

Source : "The Constant Art of Being a Writer" by N. M. Kelby, (p. 102), 2009.
“I was raised to pursue my passions and pursue the things that I love, and to just live life to the fullest.”

Source : "Fiona Gubelmann Interview WILFRED". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 16, 2011.

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