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“The way a culture treats women in birth is a good indicator of how well women and their contributions to society are valued and honored.”
Source : Ina May Gaskin (2011). “Birth Matters: How What We Don't Know About Nature, Bodies, and Surgery Can Hurt Us”, p.6, Seven Stories Press
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“In novels and autobiographies, the first positive move that the immigrant makes towards assimilation is to buy himself a suit of city clothes.”
Source : Jonathan Raban (2017). “Soft City: Picador Classic”, p.40, Pan Macmillan
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“A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them.”
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“The rapid dissemination of technology and information offers entirely new ways of production, but it can also bring the spectre of more states developing weapons of mass destruction.”
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“What people referred me as is the Father of Manitoba.”
Source : Source: historymaryan.blogspot.com
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“Working in the old fashion house is like how your parents raise you and give you this base, and you eventually grow up and have to say, "Well, you gave me this, but now I need to go my own way." So, more than finding a balance, it's about taking the good parts of what you've been given and bringing your own thing to it in order to take it all somewhere else - and hopefully, forward.”
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“Standing in the park, I was wondering why a frisbee looks larger the closer it gets...then it hit me”
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“But life, if nothing else, had taught her promises weren't always to be counted on, and what appeared at first a shining chance might end in bitter disappointment.”
Source : Susanna Kearsley (2011). “Sophia's Secret”, p.43, Allison & Busby
