"The more anxious, isolated and time-deprived we are, the more likely we are to turn to paid personal services. To finance these extra services, we work longer hours. This leaves less time to spend with family, friends and neighbors; we become less likely to call on them for help, and they on us."

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Source : "The Outsourced Life" by Arlie Russell Hochschild, www.nytimes.com. May 5, 2012.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

#Helping Quotes #Finance Quotes #Neighbor Quotes

“We were far more civilized in our divorce than we had ever been in marriage. It seemed we'd finally found something we could do together amicably.”

Source : robyn carr (1992). “mind tryst”
“Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts.”
“[On The Netherlands:] ... the entire country is a kind of saturated sponge ...”
“One thing that is exciting about fashion is the surprise element. People don't know what they want. They just know when they see it.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Broadly speaking, in the past few years, we've more than doubled the editorial staff [in Mother Jones], as part of ramping up daily operations that have resulted in huge gains in audience, a slew of awards, new multimedia endeavors, and of course scoops like the 47 percent.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com
“I couldnâ€™t live with myself if I thought nothing could get better.”
“It is only by participation in a rational, practice-based community that one becomes rational.”
“In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.”

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