"A girl conceived in China has to run an eerie kind of gauntlet if she is to survive. many parents will use the ultrasound technique. and, if it reveals. a girl, they'll abort her. If it reveals the baby is a boy, they'll celebrate."

-- Steven W. Mosher

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“When we recognize that we don't have all the time in the world, we see our priorities most clearly.”

Source : "Older people are happier". TED Talk, www.ted.com. December 2011.
“Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.”
“Since its founding, Detroit has been a place of perpetual flames. Three times the city has suffered race riots and three times the city has burned to the ground. The city's flag acknowledges as much. Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus: We hope for better things; it shall rise from the ashes.”

Source : Charlie LeDuff (2013). “Detroit: An American Autopsy”, p.33, Penguin
“I'm a student. I want to do better, and I want directors who can find the actress in me and be my teachers. I'm interested in the whole process of editing, post-production and direction.”
“Good appearance doesnâ€™t make a real man. The important thing is to do your best and keep your promises. A real man should show his faith in actions (rather) than words.”
“Gay people exist. There's nothing we can do in public policy that makes more of us exist, or less of us exist. And you guys have been arguing for a generation that public policy ought to essentially demean gay people as a way of expressing disapproval of the fact that we exist, but you don't make any less of us exist. You just are arguing in favor of more discrimination, and more discrimination doesn't make straight people's lives any better.”

Source : "Rachel Maddow Confronts Jim DeMint, Ralph Reed Over Gay Marriage On ‘Meet The Press’ ", www.huffingtonpost.com. June 30, 2013.
“Recognizing that the current form of globalization is nothing more than a generalized downward leveling in which global corporations are extracting more and more of the wealth, power, and productive energies from communities and the environment is the right approach... And knowing that in every specific battle, what we are fighting for is merely the substitution of the human agenda for the corporate agenda is what can guide and sustain us.”

Source : "Panic Rules!: Everything You Need to Know about the Global Economy". Book by Robin Hahnel, 1999.
“Our stories are not meant for everyone. Hearing them is a privilege, and we should always ask ourselves this before we share: "Who has earned the right to hear my story?" If we have one or two people in our lives who can sit with us and hold space for our shame stories, and love us for our strengths and struggles, we are incredibly lucky. If we have a friend, or small group of friends, or family who embraces our imperfections, vulnerabilities, and power, and fills us with a sense of belonging, we are incredibly lucky.”

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