"All reality is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair."

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Source : Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.115, Penguin

Holly Goldberg Sloan

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“What does a woman feel when she is hit? My mother slapped me when I was a child - on two occasions, to the point of pure hysteria; I never liked it. Those who are humiliated in such a way learn to disintegrate â€“ that is, they become once removed from pain. This is the most direct route to psychic ruin.”
“The way we're really going to grow the economy is to invest in people, to invest in innovation, to have the federal government put money in the kind of research that will create the new high-technology, biotechnology industries that will create the millions of new jobs.”

Source : Joe Lieberman at Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at Private University in New York City, New York, www.nbcnews.com. September 25, 2003.
“What a strange thing man is; and what a stranger thing woman.”
“For me, I'm more of a songwriter than a guitar player or singer. And not having things to work on was really kind of nice.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Man works primarily for his own self-respect and not for others or for profit. . . the person who is working for the sake of his own satisfaction, the money he gets in return serves merely as fuel, that is, as a symbol of reward and recognition, in the last analysis, of acceptance by ones fellowmen.”

Source : Otto Rank (2012). “Beyond Psychology”, p.264, Courier Corporation
“The multiplier effect is a major feature of networks and flows. It arises regardless of the particular nature of the resource, be it goods, money, or messages.”

Source : John Henry Holland (1995). “Hidden order: how adaptation builds complexity”, Addison-Wesley Longman
“And Nedley started saying,'Shut Up!Quit that! And i knew it really meant something to him. So I asked for his help,"Mark said. "Don't tell the story like that," Nedley laughed. "What he said was 'Quit pretendin you're a bad guy I need your help, and I need it now!”

Source : Margaret Peterson Haddix (2010). “Among the Brave”, p.169, Simon and Schuster
“Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving.”

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