"When I was in film school at USC, I wrote my thesis script about a woman on Wall Street - specifically a woman who used to work at Morgan Stanley, sort of based on her life. Through that process, I did some research."

-- Meera Menon

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“Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.”
“Not only are we in the universe, the universe is in us. I don't know of any deeper spiritual feeling than what that brings upon me.”
“Not all activities are equal in this regard. Those that involve genuine concentrationâ€”studying a musical instrument, playing board games, reading, and dancingâ€”are associated with a lower risk for dementia. Dancing, which requires learning new moves, is both physically and mentally challenging and requires much concentration. Less intense activities, such as bowling, babysitting, and golfing, are not associated with a reduced incidence of Alzheimerâ€™s. (254)”

Source : Norman Doidge (2007). “The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science”, p.254, Penguin
“The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.”

Source : Sydney J. Harris (1985). “Pieces of Eight Pa”, Mariner Books
“A woman could be having fun A woman could be like a nun In order to survive We cannot be kind Until we are hurt”
“If people were really naked and everyone knew what each other was thinking, everyone would probably just laugh... or they'd lock each other up.”
“Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction.”
“You don't have any communication between the Israelis and the Iranians. You have all sorts of local triggers for conflict. Having countries act on a hair trigger - where they can't afford to be second to strike - the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high.”

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