He was attached by ties stronger than reason could break — chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen.
EMILY BRONTEAnd what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people’s morale.
More Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn Quotes
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Darkness is where we begin and where we end.
ALA BASHIR -
People of dua are optimistic by definition. They know that dua and thoughts like ‘unlikely’ or ‘impossible’ don’t coexist.
NOUMAN ALI KHAN -
I’m a free spirit.
MR. T -
While she cut the mushrooms, she cried more than she had at the grave.
AIMEE BENDER -
When my father died, the money he left us would have dried up within a year were it not for my mother. We might very well have ended up on welfare.
BERNICE KING -
A child’s instinct is almost perfect in the matter of fighting. The child’s hero is always the man or boy who defends himself suddenly and splendidly against aggression.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON -
One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
BARRY WHITE -
Climate change is a real deal. So, hey deniers – cut it out, and let’s get to work.
BILL NYE -
Before you can win the fight, You’ve got to be in the fight.
BILL WALSH -
The person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is.
BYRON KATIE -
The fact I myself do not understand what my paintings mean while I am painting them does not imply that they are meaningless.
SALVADOR DALI -
Come Dance with Me , come dance.
HAFEZ -
I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
GRACE JONES -
Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
ABIGAIL VAN BUREN -
Your spiritual sense will make you either a winner or a loser.
SYLVESTER STALLONE -
Where’s the activism? Nobody knows. And anyone who thinks they know, like Todd Gitlin, has their head up their ass. Nobody knows.
BILL AYERS -
Moral was a principle of inner life, whereas in our days, most of the time one is content to adhere to an official moral, that we recognize in theory, but that one does not care to put into practice.
AFRIKAN SPIR -
His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be. The cub’s fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience. Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances.
JACK LONDON -
Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON -
Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
RAMAKRISHNA -
If we are true, if we can love, if we have vision, if we can have courage, we can, we should, we ought to, we will.
BEN OKRI -
Santa sobs recalling December’s decor, navigating joys volcano, overcoming dawns of insomnia, waking the snowflakes to find, yearlong sleep, which delightfulness sneaks!
DEEPALI SINGHVI -
I do not believe making money in order to consume goods is mankind’s sole purpose on this planet.
BILL HICKS -
I’m always surrounded by smart talented people. I had talented partners. Stan Latham for one. Talent scouts.
RUSSELL SIMMONS -
One of the great functions of art is to help us imagine what it is like to be not ourselves, what it is like to be someone or something else.
ADRIENNE RICH -
I love my fairy god parents.
OLIVIA RODRIGO