Warsan Shire Quotes
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I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
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Being in water makes me relax instantly.
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No one should be left to suffer alone.
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Historical science is being left in the dust.
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One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.
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Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.
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I really do feel very lucky. I've had my kids and my relationships. I've set my life down - I'm in my house, and I'm alone with my children - and I'm at peace, and that's a really nice feeling. All I really want in my life is to maintain that.
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I found it hard being a full-time mum and take my hat off to anyone who can do it.
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If there is anything about your 'self' of which you can be sure, it is that it is anchored in your own body and yours alone. The person you experience as 'you' is here and now and nowhere else.
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I don't believe in cutting out people from the past. It doesn't give strength; it just gives loneliness.
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I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone.
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A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
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I love being able to change from big films to small films.
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By mortifying vanity we do ourselves no good. It is the want of interest in our life which produces it; by filling up that want of interest in our life we can alone remedy it. And, did we even see this, how can we make the difference? How obtain the interest which society declares she does not want, and we cannot want?
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Being up on something is a way of dismissing it. To espouse any point of view is a danger - it might leave us stuck with last year's cause. Prized for their novelty alone, ideas, gimmicks, trends become equivalent, interchangeable.
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Fame and fortune is a magnet.It can pull you far away from homeWith a dream in your heart you're never alone.Dreams turn into dust and blow awayAnd there you are without a friend
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Tenderly Kala nursed her little waif, wondering silently why it did not gain strength and agility as did the little apes of other mothers. It was nearly a year from the time the little fellow came into her possession before he would walk alone, and as for climbing - my, but how stupid he was!
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Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.
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Solitude is un-American.
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I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first world,' and we may be first in a lot of things like technology, but we are behind in empathy.
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We just can't stop people from being homeless if that's their choice.
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My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.
