"... in a capitalist society a man is expected to be an aggressive, uncompromising, factual, lusty, intelligent provider of goods,and the woman, a retiring, gracious, emotional, intuitive, attractive consumer of goods."

-- Toni Cade Bambara

#Intelligent Quotes #Men Quotes #Emotional Quotes

“I've always figured that if God wanted us to go to church a lot He'd have given us bigger behinds to sit on and smaller heads to think with.”
“I prefer to write music for family films. I like people.”
“A beautiful blossom is a fleeting thing It stays for a moment and then takes wing: With special rays we catch it ere flight So all may enjoy the beautiful sight.”
“Getting along with others is the essence of getting ahead, success being linked with cooperation.”
“I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games.”
“If a woman's got any instincts, she feels when her husband's off the reservation.”
“But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.”

Source : Nancy Farmer (2015). “The Sea of Trolls”, p.199, Simon and Schuster
“I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted. That's a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.”

Source : "A conversation with WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist DeLisha Milton-Jones". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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