"Movies suddenly became film and cinema an art form and terribly chic..."

-- Judith Crist

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“Bear figs for a season or two, and the world outside the orchard is very unwilling you should bear thistles.”
“It opposes the dogmatic application to all cases of what is adequate only for piecemeal aggregates. The question is whether an approach in piecemeal terms, through blind connections, is or is not adequate to interpret actual thought processes and the role of the past experience as well. Past experience has to be considered thoroughly, but it is ambiguous in itself; so long as it is taken in piecemeal, blind terms it is not the magic key to solve all problems.”
“If you're willing to change the world let love be your energy”

Source : Song: Let Love Be Your Energy
“Prenatal testing is a complicated decision for many women, forcing us to confront concerns about a disabled child and risks of miscarriage.”

Source : "'Expecting Better' pregnancy advice" by Emily Oster, www.cnn.com. August 28, 2013.
“Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.”
“The final and only act of healing is to accept that there is nothing wrong with you.”
“We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there is no hope, and therefore every form of philosophy, every form of theological concept, is merely an escape from the actual reality of what is. All outward forms of change brought about by wars, revolutions, reformations, laws and ideologies have failed completely to change the basic nature of man and therefore of society.”
“Words can do wonderful things. They pound, purr. They can urge, they can wheedle, whip, whine. They can sing, sass, singe. They can churn, check, channelize. They can be a "Hup two three four." They can forge a fiery army of a hundred languid men.”

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