I've seen that used quite often. All of those people are quoting you?

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"Think of all the women you know who will not allow themselves to be seen without makeup. I often wonder how they feel about themselves at night when they are climbing into bed with intimate partners. Are they overwhelmed with secret shame that someone sees them as they really are? Or do they sleep with rage that who they really are can be celebrated or cared for only in secret?"
— bell hooks Communion: The Female Search for Love

"No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women."
— bell hooks

‎"Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them" ~~ Washington Irving

"Stopping at third base to congratulate yourself adds no more to the score than striking out". -My dad said something like that to me before he passed away.

"Christian faith helps us to face the music, even when we don't like the tune" -My pastor said that a couple of weeks ago. I really liked that one.

Didn't read this thread through, but these are some of my favorites:

“It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.”

“Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are right.”

“Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.”

“Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.”

“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.”

“Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere”

Never complain about what you permit.

Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire! ~~St. Catherine of Siena
(Heard this at the Royal wedding)

Civil rights are all of our rights. They also never expire. We must never be passive and complacent. :)

~DrPhil~

Never throw a stone and hide your hand.

~~Beem Photography

"It's very dear to me, the issue of gay marriage. Or, as I like to call it: 'Marriage.' You know, because I had lunch this afternoon, not gay lunch. I parked my car; I didn't gay park it."
-Liz Feldman

"Smart people fail every day." - My Dad

Although I am not quite sure it's his originally...

"Don't be afraid of the fall; be afraid of the sudden stop at the bottom." -1SG Netterville, on the subject of my fear of heights in high school while rappelling.

"You'll never truly succeed until you give it a try. You'll never know true love until you give birth. You'll never know what life is until you give yours to something. The moral of the story is: you're never going to get anything without first giving something for it." - My Mom

Gloria said this at the end of Modern Family a few weeks ago:

“Maybe we are the way we are because of the people we’re with. Or maybe we just pick the people we need. However it works, when you find each other, you should never let go.”

Opportunity knocks; Karma hunts you down.

One of my photo friends

“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

~ Nelson Mandela ~

"Revenge is best served cold. Unless you have a really long standing vendetta against the 40-Winers because then, revenge is best served with a field goal from a 77 yard drive. From the 1 yard line. In overtime. From a quarterback with fractured ribs. WHAT?? I CAN'T HEAR YOU???"

~Yours Truly :D~