"When you observe rather than react, you reclaim your power."

-- Denise Linn

“I don't think there has ever been a man who treated a woman as an equal and that's all I would have asked for, for I know I'm worth as much as they.”

Source : Anne Higonnet, Berthe Morisot (1995). “Berthe Morisot”, p.203, Univ of California Press
“If after having been exposed to someone's presence you feel as if you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that presence. You need it like you need pernicious anemia.”
“I am working for the victims of Africa, they are African like me. That's where I get my inspiration and my pride,”
“'I thought I could live my life without you,' she says, trying desperately to hold back her tears. 'I can't. I've tried and I can't do it.'”

Source : Mike Gayle (2002). “My Legendary Girlfriend”, p.69, Broadway Books
“Some people figure that if they're part of a gang then they have less of a chance of being killed, because they are in larger numbers. But the problem with this is that it will lead to people doing stuff that they wouldn't usually do.”

Source : Interview with Bertan Budak, uk.askmen.com.
“If you say, 'You've made it,' then you kind of come to a standstill, and I don't think any actor wants to do that.”
“We are all much more simply human than otherwise, be we happy and successful, contented and detached, miserable and mentally disordered, or whatever.”

Source : Harry Stack Sullivan (2013). “The Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry”, p.18, Routledge
“Breast cancer is being detected at an earlier, more treatable stage these days, largely because women are taking more preventive measures, like self-exams and regular mammograms. And treatment is getting better too.”

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