"Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future."

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Source : "Fictional character: Sonmi-451". "Cloud Atlas", www.imdb.com. 2012.

David Mitchell

#Kindness Quotes #Past Quotes #Birth Quotes

“Remember, at the end of the day [election] campaigns are always about the candidates.”
“If you were enough like God, some one wouldn't like you.”
“Some people think they know who you are, when really they don't.”

Source : Karen Hesse, Cynthia Rylant, Cynthia Lord, Ann M. Martin (2013). “Scholastic Newbery Collection”, p.523, Scholastic Inc.
“Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.”

Source : "UN Women's head Michelle Bachelet: A new superhero?". Interview with Jane Martinson, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2011.
“I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that. And I meditate, and one time when I was meditating, I started thinking, "Gee Gail, you love stories -- you read all the time. How come you never tell yourself a story?" While I should have been saying my mantra to myself, I started telling myself a story. It turned out to be an art appreciation book for kids with reproductions of famous artworks and pencil drawings that I did. I tried to get it published and was rejected wholesale.”
“The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die”
“You want to take some responsibility for you choices so that it sets the groundwork for that next generation of actresses.”
“Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real commitment to serving the best interests of their clients.”

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