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I wasn't always a writer. When I went to college and majored in fine arts, I was a painter. Then I was a stay-at-home mom. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#arts #college #fine #fine arts #home mom

Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases. ↗

— Anne Bradstreet

#anvil #beats #cast #frame #furnace

God bless the Union; - it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence. ↗

— Edward Everett

#bless #blood #brave #brave men #dearer

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period. ↗

— Eric Braeden

#enormously #i #i think #important #life

I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody. ↗

— Chris Evert

#girl #give #give me #helped #i

Once more, Never think that you can live to God by your own power or strength; but always look to and rely on him for assistance, yea, for all strength and grace. ↗

— David Brainerd

#assistance #god #grace #him #live

If you suffer from depression, anything that makes you feel has to the most important thing in your life, because it's the only thing that can save you. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#because #depression #feel #important #important thing

Being a single mother was the right thing for me. But I have a tremendous amount of help from my friends. They're in love with my kids, and my kids are in love with them. ↗

— Edie Falco

#being #friends #help #i #kids

It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. ↗

— Wernher von Braun

#chains #free #free man #gravity #him

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money. ↗

— Gerald Brenan

#important thing #know #love #means #money