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it ain't as hard as picking cotton ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#american #bebop #family #jazz #life

... it's good to have female or minority role models. But the important thing is to have mentors who care about you, and they come in all colors. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#minority #role-models #family

All of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way-if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy. ↗

— John Knowles

#life #relationships #friendship

My fear of loneliness is like a disease. ↗

— Irene Tomkinson

#loneliness #solitude #family

I do not want to be president because I am a woman. Being a woman is important, but it's not the most important. I want to be president because we have the talent and the platform and the vision of a Mexico that we want for all Mexicans, not only for a select few. ↗

— Josefina Vazquez Mota

#because #being #few #i #i am

I want to be president because I have the sensitivity, as a woman, to listen. I'm a different candidate... different because I don't belong to powerful, privileged groups, because I'm honest. ↗

— Josefina Vazquez Mota

#belong #candidate #different #groups #honest

Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness. ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

#evil #suffering #nature

I remember my brother as such a gentle and loving child, the best big brother a girl could hope for, but I remember when I started to sense our family's world tilting on its axis, the kaleidoscope turning, when things started to go wrong. From then on, it was like we were still ourselves, but our lives played out as though reflected back to us from a funhouse mirror. ↗

— Jessica Warman

#life #upside-down #family

Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#life #remember #secret #life

Akan ada satu saat kamu bertanya: pergi ke mana inspirasiku? Tiba-tiba kamu merasa ditinggal pergi. Hanya bisa diam, tidak lagi berkarya. Kering. Tetapi tidak selalu itu berarti kamu harus mencari objek atau sumber inspirasi baru. Sama seperti jodoh, Nan. Kalau punya masalah,tidak berarti harus cari pacar baru kan? Tapi rasa cinta kamu yang harus diperbarui.Cinta bisa tumbuh sendiri,tetapi bukan jaminan bakal langgeng selamanya,apalagi kalau tidak dipelihara. Mengerti kamu?" -Nasihat Poyan pada Keenan suatu hari ↗

— Dee

#life #love #passion #friendship