"The influx of women into paid work and her increased power raise a woman's aspirations and hopes for equal treatment at home. Her lower wage and status at work and the threat of divorce reduce what she presses for and actually expects."

-- Arlie Russell Hochschild

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“The brain is a mystery; it has been and still will be. How does the brain produce thoughts? That is the central question and we have still no answer to it.”

Source : "The Human Brain - Three Pounds of Mystery". "The Watchtower" Magazine, July 15, 1978.
“Because it is the Midwest, no one really glitters because no one has to, it's more of a dull shine, like frequently used silverware.”
“You never want to do anything that you don't want your mother to see, because it will haunt you and eventually come back to bite you!”
“If we are ready to tolerate everything as understood, there is nothing left to explain; while if we sourly refuse to take anything, even tentatively, as clear, no explanation can be given.”

Source : Nelson Goodman (1983). “Fact, Fiction, and Forecast”, p.31, Harvard University Press
“The difference between Democrats and Republicans is: Democrats have accepted some ideas of Socialism cheerfully, while Republicans have accepted them reluctantly”
“I've dipped my toe into the beauty world and I'd like to keep it there!”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“Out of clutter, find simplicity.”
“I sometimes hear preachers speak of the sad condition of men who live without God in the world, but a scientist who lives without God in the world seems to me worse off than ordinary men.”

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