Women Born In The 1950s

"Cleo's motto seemed to be: Life's tough and that's okay, because life is also fantastic. Love it, live it - but don't be fooled into thinking it's not harsh sometimes. Those who've survived periods of bleakness are often better at savoring good times and wise enough to understand that good times are actually great.”"

"Then there was the realisation that I didn't actually feel that much better when I was thin(ner). In fact the 'thin' version felt worse because I lived with hunger clawing at my stomach all the time, and in fear that I was going to get fat again. After years of neuroticism I'd finally understood those who loved me would continue to put up with me fat or thin, and those who didn't ignored me. As a middle-aged woman I was pretty much invisible anyway. To pass unnoticed through an image-obsessed society is surprisingly liberating"

"One of the many ways in which cats are superior to humans is their mastery of time. By making no attempt to dissect years into months, days into hours and minutes into seconds, cats avoid much misery. Free from the slavery of measuring every moment, worrying whether they are late or early, young or old, or if Christmas is six weeks away, felines appreciate the present in all its multidimensional glory. They never worry about endings or beginnings. From their paradoxical viewpoint an ending is often a beginning. The joy of basking on a window ledge can seem eternal, though if measured in human time it's diminished to a paltry eighteen minutes."

"Guilt isn't in cat vocabulary. They never suffer remorse for eating too much, sleeping too long or hogging the warmest cushion in the house. They welcome every pleasurable moment as it unravels and savour it to the full until a butterfly or falling leaf diverts their attention. They don't waste energy counting the number of calories they've consumed or the hours they've frittered away sunbathing."

"Peace will only be lasting if it is inclusive, fair, and relies on the active voice of women."

"Only with solid institutions and public policies focused on education, equality, and solidarity is it possible to guarantee stability and citizen confidence in the State and in democracy."

"We want the citizens of our community, regardless of their origin, to feel welcomed, valued, and involved in the development of the countries where they reside."

"We need parliaments to be true spaces for dialogue, diversity, solutions, and closeness to citizens."

"Mother Suzanne Aubert, founder of the Sisters of Compassion, gives us comfort in her practical wisdom: “Following the miracle of our birth, the only sure thing is our death when our life is complete. Though awesome, it is not to be unduly feared… We do not fall suddenly into death, we advance towards it step by step every day. Our last hour is not death by itself but it consummates it."

"We know we are going to die. We know that every person now alive will one day die. It is one of the great paradoxes of being human, that, armed with this awareness of our own mortality, we continue to behave as it will not happen."

"Being a lifelong poetry reader, I know there are many more published poems about death than any other subject."

"As I’ve collected the poems, prose pieces and quotes for This is Farewell, I’ve come to understand how they help us to articulate the unspeakable, unthinkable reality. The death of a loved person. Our own inevitable death."

"I am also fascinated with any novel that is based on the Jews and the Holocaust. So, I’ve read almost all of Leon Uris."

"I also have a passion for thrillers, mystery and any good suspense novel from the West. I have read almost all of Sydney Sheldon, Dan Brown, Robert Ludlum, Jeffrey Archer, John Grisham, Martina Cole and a few of David Baldacci. I do love historical novels and romance. So, it goes without saying that I have read Danielle Steel, Judith Gould and Judith Krantz."

"What else can I say? Did I forget to mention that I write romantic fiction for serialisation in a few newspapers in the country? Though, that is on hold at the moment. I’ve also done some radio serial drama for the Ghanaian public on topics ranging from child health and female sexual reproductive health. (A John Hopkins/USAID/Ghana Health Service project)"

"Oh yes! I love discussing current affairs with friends, as well as blogging on the books I read. So this is me, a woman of diverse reading taste and talents."

"Join me to enjoy this blog where you will find good reviews and comments on novels, short stories and poetry."

"I also read English and Theaters Arts at the University and majored in Playwriting. I have a Masters in International Affairs, all from the University of Ghana, Legon. I am a Senior Assistant Registrar, with the Institute of Professional Studies. I am married with three boys."

"I love to write and read and not necessarily in that order. My home is choked with books of all sizes, both adult literature and children stuff as well."

"I read mostly fiction, both contemporary and classic. I do love non-fiction too, if I lay hands on any. I enjoy world literature as well. I’m partial to women writers and their works, especially African women writers."

"Her passing robs the country of a devoted public representative, a champion for social justice and equality as well as a longstanding campaigner for women's rights. We mourn with the country and celebrate this extraordinary and remarkable woman who devoted her life to the freedom of many"

"Ms Mkhize's life was devoted to the service of the people of South Africa, and she did so with excellence, unwavering commitment and selflessness. A lifelong advocate for social justice and equality, she was instrumental in South Africa's political transition, notably through her roles as Commissioner for the Truth and the Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Chairperson of the Reparations and Rehabilitation Committee and board member of the South African Prisoner's Organisation for Human Rights"

"Gender mainstreaming and budgeting are significant areas of focus for strategic engagements, effective monitoring and evaluation. Effective gender mainstreaming requires adequate financial and human resources to bare the envisioned results"

"Our liberation and peaceful political transition was not a stroke of luck but a product of great political and intellectual minds of the midwives of our democracy like Ms Mkhize. These are fearless and courageous activists who were prepared to lose their lives for the liberation of the oppressed and the marginalised, for a free, equal, prosperous, non-racial and non-sexist South Africa. Ms Mkhize stood for truth and throughout her life, she was steadfast in her commitment to the vision of a truly free democratic South Africa, free from all social ills and injustices"

"We are angered by the arrogance of perpetrators who decide to destroy the lives of women within the month when we make a clarion call to gender equality and women’s rights as human rights"

"Collectively, we learn today to make tomorrow a better place for us and for everyone across the world."

"We condemn in the strongest terms, any form of gender based violence against women, children and members of the LGBTQI community. And I would like to invite this August House to be united in fighting the scourge of GBV & Femicide in condemning this atrocity. We don’t have a luxury of divisive or party politics, it cannot be business as usual, and we have to stand together. We cannot perspective on our power and authority as leaders of society"

"There are not many places in this world that take your education and training as seriously as this university. It achieves excellence, because it cares."

"Another year of dishonesty"

"I see no mileage at all in being average. We owe it to the patients that we treat to be the best that we can be,” continued Professor Wood, who also told graduates that they needed to contribute to the body of knowledge in their fields."

"Our vision is to realize the South Africa we want, a country where all people, particularly women, children, and gender non-conforming persons are and feel safe, enjoy healthy lives, relationships and social connections, have access to humanizing quality services, and are fully able to realize and exercise their right to autonomy, and bodily integrity, and equality"

"I feel like I am floating in plasma I need a teacher or a lover I need someone to risk being involved with me. I am so vain and I am so masochistic. How can they coexist?"

"You cannot see me from where I look at myself."

"Am I in the picture? Am I getting in or out of it? I could be a ghost, an animal or a dead body, not just this girl standing on the corner…?"

"As we gather here, we are presented with an opportunity to engage and challenge the patriarchal standards that continue to cripple our society. Each and everyone of us will be asked “What did you do”?"

"Real things don't frighten me - just the ones in my mind do."

"Going forward in future there should be clear focal points not only in big cities but also in townships and rural communities, led by tribal authorities. In the spirit of the 6th administration, we have to work in an integrated and coordinated manner across all departments"

"This action that I foresee has nothing to do with melodrama. It is that life, as lived by me now, is a series of exceptions. I was , or am, not unique - but special. This is why I was an artist. I was inventing a language for people to see the everyday things that I also see, and show them something different. Nothing to do with not being able 'to take it' in the big city, or with self-doubt or because my heart is gone. And not to teach people a lesson. Simply the other side."

"We need to look at the schedule of crimes that cannot get bail conditions, this must be done in consultation with colleagues from the Justice cluster. The sentencing should be revisited. We have to revise the turnaround time of these case, from the investigation to prosecution of perpetrators, because cases delayed lead to justice denied"

"I am very scared of love. It scares me so much. I love very hard and I bring my all"

"This industry is hard; we're struggling. The beautiful thing is that fans can sit at home and watch how everything came together, not knowing what we went through."

"They want a natural environment, a natural state and a natural habitat and, therefore, the need for us all today to embrace this initiation and take it to other parts of the country before we go regionally and internationally"

"Tourists want to visit areas that are natural and not artificial"

"What we are saying is that these effects of climate change are real and we might have to change the way we do things in agriculture, industry and water resources management. We cannot plan according to the old seasons any more because they are fluctuating"

"Many people are wondering whether the high temperatures are not a precursor to another drought: eerie thoughts indeed given that the country has just emerged from another poor agricultural season caused by poor rains"

"The fund is meant to protect Victoria Falls not only as a natural wonder but as a world heritage site"

"The spirit of the agreement, the spirit of the discussion was that they would pay $10 million. We don’t have pledges written but we have minutes. I believe it’s a gentlemen’s agreement, they were in the meeting, they shook their hands, they should honour their obligation"

"We have lost a lot of species, trees and it is important to rehabilitate our natural environment, to protect it against environmental degradation and to restore its natural state"

"The government operates on goodwill sir. That is why we still accepted the $10 million from Unki (mine) without any written agreement"

"Remember it is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World and every development should b connected to its natural resource base"