A Quote by Federico Fellini
Even the most miserable life is better than a sheltered existence in an organized society where everything is calculated and perfected.
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all daughters, even when most aggravated by their mothers, have a secret respect for them. They believe perhaps that they can do everything better than their mothers can, and many things they can do better, but they have not yet lived long enough to be sure how successfully they will meet the major emergencies of life, which lie, sometimes quite creditably, behind their mothers.
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