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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After all those years as a woman hearing not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough, almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, Im enough. – Anna Quindlen

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Morning
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The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. – Anna Quindlen

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Self-Discovery
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Fear doesnt exist anywhere except in the mind. – Dale Carnegie

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But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep? – James Thurber

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I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety? – Zbigniew Brzezinski

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People are so used to having their lives filmed, theyre not even conscious of having cameras around. I still have that sort of suspicion when a camera comes out. I view it as a thing to fear. – Sade Adu

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The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. – Benjamin Franklin

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Ive traveled all over the country for years speaking in churches, teaching the Ten Commandments. Its amazing if 2 percent of any congregation knows the Ten Commandments. – Randall Terry

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Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature – and another woman to help him forget them. – Helen Rowland

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