"I'm a perfectly good carrot that everyone is trying to turn into a rose. As a carrot, I have good color and a nice leafy top. When I'm carved into a rose, I turn brown and wither."

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Source : "Reviving Ophelia: Helping You to Understand and Cope With Your Teenage Daughter". Book by Mary Pipher, 1994.

Mary Pipher

#Nice Quotes #Color Quotes #Rose Quotes

“I think I'm learning to be bolder in my career choices and be more confident in my personal life. I haven't always felt very secure as an individual, but now I feel I certain confidence and sense of self that gets me through the day a lot better than before.”
“Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.”

Source : "General James 'Mad Dog' Mattis Email About Being 'Too Busy To Read' Is A Must-Read" by Geoffrey Ingersoll, www.businessinsider.com. May 09, 2013.
“There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.”
“I started my blog as an online diary. I moved to New York for a job, and I kind of wanted to keep my pictures all in one place. Also, I just love style blogs and wanted to join in on the fun!”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I can't imagine any greater fear Than waking up without you here And though the sun would still shine on My whole world would all be gone”

Source : Song: No Place That Far
“What makes bad writers so annoying is their good passages.”
“But the fact is, it's illegal for the Administration to spend North west taxpayers' money to develop this rate hike proposal, just so it can turn around and raise their energy rates.”
“Computer animation is one way to liberate people from their circumstantial gravity, and it is one way to give them mental freedom.”

Source : Interview with Germano Celant, www.artinamericamagazine.com. July 28, 2010.

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