M S Subbulakshmi Quotes & Sayings

I had been silent and silenced about an abortion I'd had years before. Like many women, I'd been made to feel at fault, not realizing there were political reasons why female humans were not supposed to make decisions about our own bodies. — Gloria Steinem

A Jew's undoing is never his own, it is God's; his rehabilitation is never his own, it is a Christian's. — Djuna Barnes

In living through this great epoch, it is difficult to reconcile oneself to the fact that one belongs to that mad, degenerate species that boasts of its free will. How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will. In such a place even I should be an ardent patriot! — Albert Einstein

The more hours of television a girl watches, the fewer options she thinks she has in life. — Geena Davis

The speed of light sucks. — John Carmack

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty. — William Graham Sumner

Make sure your Belief system leaves room for you to Be Life! — Stanley Victor Paskavich

Our trip to Moscow opens new prospects for peace in the Middle East. Our people want simple things: to be free and to have sovereignty. All this is impossible without an end to the occupation. — Khaled Mashal

As in heaven Your will is punctually performed, so may it be done on earth by all creatures, particularly in me and by me. — Elizabeth Of Hungary

He closed his eyes and let out a jagged breath. "Okay."
He settled between my legs holding himself over me. "I've never been with a virgin, Eva. I'm going to try real hard not to hurt you."
"Will it hurt you?" I asked, thinking about his pained expression when he'd said I was too tight.
He smiled, "It's going to be the closest to heaven I'll ever get, baby. — Abbi Glines

the euphoria of bee handling, like an altitude high or the rapture of the deep. It — Margaret Atwood

Ruth hadn't talked to my sister since before my death, and then it was only to excuse herself in the hallway at school. But she'd seen Lindsey walking home with Samuel and seen her smile with him. She watched as my sister said yes to pancakes and no to everything else. She had tried to imagine herself being my sister as she had spent time imagining being me. — Alice Sebold

She knew of a scribe dressed all in white who penned letters to the dead (and delivered them), and an old storyteller who sold ideas to writers at the price of a year of their lives. Karou had seen tourists laugh as they signed his contract, not believing it for a second, but she believed it. Hadn't she seen stranger things? — Laini Taylor

But the thing is, most of the time bad things don't happen. Rocks don't fall. Earthquakes don't occur. New vents don't suddenly open up. For all the instability, it's mostly remarkably and amazingly tranquil. — Bill Bryson

With the advent of gramophones and cinema, a few women from devadasi backgrounds, such as Madurai S. Subbulakshmi, Bangalore Nagarathnama and Tanjore Balasaraswati went on to become famous classical performers. — Catherine Rubin Kermorgant