"A new baby is like the beginning of all things - wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities."

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Source : Eda J. LeShan (1967). “The Conspiracy Against Childhood”, New York : Atheneum

Eda LeShan

#Inspirational Quotes #Dream Quotes #Baby Quotes

“Too much indulgence has ruined thousands of children; too much love not one.”

Source : Fanny Fern (1872). “Caper-sauce: A Volume of Chit-chat about Men, Women, and Things”, p.107
“All of the evidence highlights the implicit bargain that is offered to citizens: pose no challenge and you have nothing to worry about. Mind your own business, and support or at least tolerate what we do, and you'll be fine. Put differently, you must refrain from provoking the authority that wields surveillance powers if you wish to be deemed free of wrongdoing. This is a deal that invites passivity, obedience, and conformity. The safest course, the way to ensure being â€œleft alone,â€ is to remain quiet, unthreatening, and compliant.”
“The incredible thing happens at the beginning of the story always, you notice, not the end. A Sherlock Holmes story is never a trick story.”
“The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors.”

Source : Anton Seidl (2014). “On Conducting”, p.100, Parrot Press
“There is a choice you have to make in everything you do.Â So keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make, makes you.”
“Our society is so fragmented, our family lives so sundered by physical and emotional distance, our friendships so sporadic, our intimacies so 'in-between' things and often so utilitarian, that there are few places where we can feel truly safe.”
“Mr. Vice President, the most fiscally conservative thing this government has ever done, is to invest massively in the green part of the recovery. Because those green dollars are the hardest working dollars in the history of American politics. That same dollar that is being used to cut energy bills, is also cutting global warming gas emissions, is also cutting unemployment, is also cutting poverty, through retrofits it's also raising the value of homes, is also by cleaning the air, cutting asthma rates.”
“I've put up with too much, too long, and now I'm just too intelligent, too powerful, too beautiful, too sure of who I am finally to deserve anything less.”

Source : Sandra Cisneros (2007). “Vintage Cisneros”, p.81, Vintage

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