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Quote by Margaret Ayer Barnes

“Resisted temptations become lost opportunities.”

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Margaret Ayer Barnes was an American playwright born on April 8, 1886, and passed away on October 25, 1967. Known for her profound social insights and exploration of female characters, her works have left a lasting impact on American theater. more

“The martial spirit is never dead. It sleeps through fortunate generations, but it wakes up very quickly to the toot of a fife. There's that roistering spirit in men which leads them to think a good fight is a lark - until they've been in one. And the impulse to fight for your own incarnation of an ideal.”

Thinking Men Spirit Fighting Sleep Generations Ideals Wake Up Impulse Fortunate Incarnation Good Fight Larks

Book:Within this Present

Source: Within this Present

“All wars are crusades, or we're made to feel they are. That's just what's so wicked about them. We're made to feel - not think - and people can't think when they feel.”

People Thinking Feels Made War Wicked Crusades

Author:Margaret Ayer Barnes

“It's a great shame that the world was organized with two sexes. It makes for a lot of trouble.”

World Two Sex Trouble Shame Organized

Author:Margaret Ayer Barnes

“Riches make cowards of us.”

Riches Coward

Book:Within this Present

Source: Within this Present

“Who you are is strong enough to bare your pain”

Enough Pain Strong Who You Are Strong Enough

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”

Way

Author:Angela Merkel

“To ferment your own food is to lodge a small but eloquent protest - on behalf of the senses and the microbes - against the homogenization of flavors and food experiences now rolling like a great, undifferentiated lawn across the globe.”

Senses Protest Globes Rolling Flavor Behalf Lawns Eloquent Lodges Microbes

Book:Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

Source: Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

“We have to construct communities of artists because they don't naturally exist in our culture.”

Artist Culture Community Constructs

Author:David Bayles

“I tell you to keep going, not because it's easy. Not because it doesn't hurt. I tell you to keep going because there's no other way. To stop is to die. Life is in motion. In growth. In change. Life is in seeking and in finding. Life is in redemption. Each moment is a new birth. A new chance to come back, to get it right. A new chance to make it better.”

Way Moments Life Is Dies Easy Growth Hurt Chance Birth Findings Seeking Redemption Life Changing Keep Going

Author:Yasmin Mogahed

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