"Women must begin to "save" themselves and their daughters before they "save" their husbands and their sons; before they "save" the whole world."

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Source : Phyllis Chesler (1973). “Women & madness”

Phyllis Chesler

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“Look at the Coen brothers. All their minor characters are as interesting as their protagonists. If the smaller characters are well-written, the whole world of the film becomes enriched. It's not the size of the thing, but the detail.”

Source : "Brendan Gleeson: the character actor who steals the show". Interview with Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2010.
“The West has made people too time-conscious, not knowing where they are going but speeding to get there because time is short.”
“Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.”
“By the shore of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, At the doorway of his wigwam, In the pleasant Summer morning, Hiawatha stood and waited.”
“A newly elected representative quickly discovers that his job in government-aside from making new laws-is to act as a broker, middleman, special pleader and finagler.”
“We simply cannot continue to live with a [tax] system which has so many inequities. It must be changed in such a way that each of us pays a fair share of the burden. It has been said that one man's loophole is another man's livelihood. Even if this is true, it certainly is not fair, because the loophole-livelihood of those who are reaping undeserved benefits can be the economic noose of those who are paying more than they should.”

Source : Millicent Fenwick (1982). “Speaking up”, Harpercollins
“In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their careers to promote change.”
“A perfect human being: Man in search of his ideal of perfection. Nothing less.”

Source : Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (1974). “Toward the one”, HarperCollins Publishers

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