Helping Quote by Jeanette Winterson

“Sometimes you have to live in precarious and temporary places. Unsuitable places. Wrong places. Sometimes the safe place won't help you.”

Jeanette Winterson

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“I shall have nowt to talk to now the baby is boiled.”

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The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God.

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Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.

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Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.

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You need to remind people that you vote, you matter, and that they can't succeed without your help.

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Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.

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