#gr

Ever since Eve started it all by offering Adam the apple, woman's punishment has been to supply a man with food then suffer the consequences when it disagrees with him. ↗

— Helen Rowland

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The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#follies #had #his #life #man

Competition among schools is always a great motivator. ↗

— John Rowland

#among #competition #great #motivator #schools

If children are reading well by the 3rd or 4th grade then everything else works. ↗

— John Rowland

#else #everything #grade #reading #then

I think the most beautiful thing is that we're not parting because there were problems. We're parting because we're celebrating each others' growth. ↗

— Kelly Rowland

#beautiful thing #because #celebrating #each #growth

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#became #because #been #big #big idea

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#caution #great #must #terrible #terrible thing

However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#backgrounds #been #both #came #college

If ever I expected to come face to face with an angry Christian fundamentalist, it wasn't in FAO Schwarz. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#christian #come #ever #expected #face

Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology to securing the keys to an executive bathroom. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#been #executive #greek #greek mythology #hard