Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
Flattery
Quotations by Minna Antrim
Quotes :
- "(During a trial in which she was accused of… "(During a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage)Judge: 'Miss West, are you trying to show contempt for this court?'Mae West: 'On the contrary, your Honor, I was doin' my best to conceal it.'" - Mae West
- Laini Eckardt – feeling of serenity "I have tried to capture the feeling of serenity that washes over you when you first dive into the cool waters of crystal-clear creek or river, silently gliding over the stones…calm, and in a world of your own." ~Laini Eckardt, Artist (Avant Card)
- Jadav Payeng – last breath “I will continue to plant until my last breath.” ~Jadav PayengBIOPadma Shri Jadav "Molai" Payeng is a Mishing tribe environmental activist and forestry worker from Jorhat, India. Over the course of several decades, he planted and tended trees on a sandbar of the river Brahmaputra turning it into a forest reserve. Wikipedia
- Megan Follows – makes the world understand "I think we grow up as girls having to deal with a lot of oppressive beauty myths. And Anne is a girl who fails by all standards of what is acceptable and beautiful. She's not pretty. She's not rich. She has no parents. But through sheer exercise of will she makes the world understand how beautiful she is. It's her specialness, her ability to transform…