"The gross perversion and destruction of motherhood by the abortionist filled me with indignation, and awakened active antagonism. That the honorable term 'female physician' should be exclusively applied to those women who carried on this shocking trade seemed to me a horror. It was an utter degradation of what might and should become a noble position for women."

Source : Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (2016). “Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women: Autobiographical Sketches”, p.25, Library of Alexandria

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“Preaching is fire in the pulpit that melts the ice in the pew.”
“I'm an instant responder. Somebody told me I'm a living Twitter. I'm quick to respond and quick to fill air.”

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“The reality of it is I think the GOP - Republicans and certainly conservatives - will partner with the Tea Party movement around this country.”
“Where pride begins, love ceases.”
“Everyone thinks their baby is a genius. People find it delightfully refreshing when I tell them, My baby? Totally average. Like, 100 percent average.”

Source : "Ryan Reynolds Is So Happy He Doesn't Have a Son, Hated Filming With Cats" by Ashley Lee, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 05, 2015.
“Ignoring facts does not make them go away.”
“Lots of companies donâ€™t succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future. I try to focus on that: What is the future really going to be? And how do we create it? And how do we power our organization to really focus on that and really drive it at a high rate? When I was working on Android, I felt guilty. It wasnâ€™t what we were working on, it was a start-up, and I felt guilty. That was stupid! It was the future.”
“When I returned, everything was different. Everything was calm, and I felt very clean. Everything was in order. Everything was as it should be. I had a secret. It was a guilty secret, certainly. But it was MY secret. I had something to hold on to. It was company. It kept me calm. It filled me up and emptied me out.”

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