Quote by Anna Quindlen
Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising chil

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers incredible strength. We fear both. If they are not strong, who will protect us? If they are not imperfect, how can we equal them? – Anna Quindlen

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The age of technology has both revived the use of writing and provided ever more reasons for its spiritual solace. Emails are letters, after all, more lasting than phone calls, even if many of them r 2 cursory 4 u. – Anna Quindlen

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Im sure not afraid of success and Ive learned not to be afraid of failure. The only thing Im afraid of now is of being someone I dont like much. – Anna Quindlen

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Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy! – Robert Mugabe

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If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. – Albert Einstein

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Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt. – Elia Kazan

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Lila cant be a model until shes at least 21. She is already a mini-me – it is scary. She already has her own beauty kit. – Kate Moss

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Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct. – Francis H. Bradley

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