"I know, if anyone does - all research workers know - how much is missed that really matters because reports have to be written in officialese. They have to be, because a lot of us can't take anything seriously unless you make it dull for them."

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Source : "Trent's Own Case". Book by E. C. Bentley and H. Warner Allen, Chapter XXI: "Aunt Judith Knits", 1936.

E. C. Bentley

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“Without community, there is no liberation.”

Source : Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.112, Crossing Press
“Those who say that climate change doesn't exist are being understood as the flat-earthers that they are, as the people who deny the link between smoking and cancer, as the people who denied the link between HIV and AIDS.”

Source : "Stern: Climate change deniers are 'flat-earthers'" by Sunny Hundal, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2009.
“I do think that people get really emotionally involved in the TV shows that they love and I think that is fantastic. Of course they are going to have opinions. The other thing is that people project onto their television shows. They see a character and layer on many traits that are actually their own or their idea of what that character is.”
“I think everybody longs to be loved and longs to know that he or she is lovable and, consequently, the greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they are loved and capable of loving.”
“Enjoy your relationship with your boyfriend and don't worry about the people or situations you dream about. Once you wake up, they're over; let them go.”
“I suffer every moment of every day that I am not with my son. All I want is to be reunited with my son.”
“Find a great mentor who believes in you, your life will change forever!”
“The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements, as well as one's deepest failures is a definite symptom of maturity.”

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