"To justify an unorthodox life by writing about it is to re-inscribe the original violation, to re-violate masculine turf."

-- Nancy K. Miller

#Writing Quotes #Unorthodox Quotes #Masculine Quotes

“Do not abandon trust when your ego thinks things should be different than they are.”
“And I think most people in this country want to see a president that's got the courage to say we're going to cut the tax burden, and reduce the regulatory climate, and we're going to get Americans working.”
“I don't like seeing her this delicate.”
“You know those days when you get the mean reds?”
“For some reason I am one of those people who act like they were born and raised during the Depression.”
“The Greatest evils inflicted by man over the face of the Earth are wrought not by the self-seekers, the pleasure lovers, or the merely amoral, but by the fervent devotees of ethical principles.”

Source : Robert Morrison MacIver (2005). “Politics and Society”, p.174, Transaction Publishers
“What is a normal child like? Does he just eat and grow and smile sweetly? No, that is not what he is like. The normal child, if he has confidence in mother and father, pulls out all the stops. In the course of time, he tries out his power to disrupt, to destroy, to frighten, to wear down, to waste, to wangle, and to appropriate . . . At the start he absolutely needs to live in a circle of love and strength (with consequent tolerance) if he is not to be too fearful of his own thoughts and of his imaginings to make progress in his emotional development.”
“Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.”

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