"The caretaking has to be done. "Somebody's got to be the mommy." Individually, we underestimate this need, and as a society we make inadequate provision for it. Women take up the slack, making the need invisible as we step in to fill it."

-- Mary Catherine Bateson

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“Sistani's office refuses the replacement of the law [which excludes former Baath Party members from returning to public life] because it is not an Iraqi demand but it is a political demand to please some sides.”
“I like to be real private; you don't always want everyone around you - even when they like you.”
“Engineering is merely the slow younger brother of physics.”

Source : "The Big Bang Theory (TV Series): The Killer Robot Instability". www.imdb.com. 2009.
“Not everyone can or wants to go straight.”
“It's very important to remain optimistic and to see the silver lining in everything you do. Because no matter how sometimes things look difficult, and look like there is no hope, there is always a small glimmering of silver lining that is in everything, and I always look for that, and hang on that, and before I know it, another day comes and is gone.”
“Learn to love humility, for it will cover all your sins. All sins are repulsive before God, but the most repulsive of all is pride of the heart. Do not consider yourself learned and wise; otherwise, all your efforts will be destroyed, and your boat will reach the harbor empty. If you have great authority, do not threaten anyone with death. Know that, according to nature, you too are susceptible to death, and that every soul sheds its body as its final garment.”
“You start playing when it's cold and you want to be playing when it's cold again.”
“Failing to open the center at the right moment - a common error by White in the Exchange Lopez - can allow Black an excellent game.”

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