#be

I think all women have a friend who at some point dumped them or betrayed them or deeply disappointed them. And at the same time all women have a friend who they dumped or betrayed or hurt in some way. That's universal in women's friendships. ↗

— Lisa See

#deeply #disappointed #dumped #friend #friendships

And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound feet never age. ↗

— Lisa See

#beauty #because #bound #contest #feet

But there are certain books I would never put on a Kindle because you want to be able to look at graphs and photos or the footnotes and maps. You can't see that. ↗

— Lisa See

#because #books #certain #footnotes #i

It used to happen in villages and towns in China that they would have - I guess you'd call them beauty contests - where all of the women of a particular village or town would be seated behind these screens or curtains with only their feet showing. ↗

— Lisa See

#behind #call #china #contests #curtains

One of the things that's pretty unique about nu shu, when you look especially at these old letters and stories that have been saved, is that there are certain lines that are very standard that are used again and again. It's almost like a formula in a sense, so that these certain lines come up again and again. ↗

— Lisa See

#again #almost #been #certain #come

Opera tells stories through the pure emotion of music. An exhibition has to tell a story purely visually. I've tried to incorporate both of those things - pure emotion and being more visual - into my writing. ↗

— Lisa See

#both #emotion #exhibition #i #incorporate

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#between #difference #do you know #education #fine

Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world. They force people to get involved in the kind of examination that has only one aim and that is to stamp out dissent. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#been #centuries #dissent #down #establishments

Again, I say I will be glad to tell what songs I have ever sung, because singing is my business. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#because #business #ever #glad #i

Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#generous #live #spirit #way #wonderful