Traded Nettles

Famous quotes containing the words traded and/or nettles:

    “I traded my childhood for my good left hand.”
    —Yeou-Cheng Ma (b. c. 1950)

    “I think what everybody calls a miracle is just common sense.... You can look at the attitudes when people come in. That’s why they call it a miracle. These are black kids and they’re not supposed to know the things they know and achieve the way they are achieving.”
    —Marva Nettles Collins (b. 1936)