"Adoption is rewarding. But the process, as we have already detailed in some particulars, can be expensive, exhausting, and hard to sustain on a dream, much less a whim."

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Source : Scott Simon (2010). “Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption”, p.49, Random House

Scott Simon

#Dream Quotes #Adoption Quotes #Whim Quotes

“The role of art for me is the visualization of attitude, of the human attitude towards life, towards the world.”
“Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.”
“Faith is the enemy of discovery.”
“I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty.”
“With all due respect, many in the entertainment industry are deep into mind-altering substance abuse, and when one's logic and intellectual calculating powers are replaced with dopey feel-good, fantasy-driven denial, the democratic party serves them well.”
“A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.”

Source : Irving Babbitt, George Andrew Panichas (1981). “Irving Babbitt, representative writings”, Univ of Nebraska Pr
“I have long believed that women should play a much bigger part in our affairs.”

Source : Jo Grimond (1979). “Memoirs”, David & Charles Publishers

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