"How can we create a cultural legacy of happiness? Let other people matter."

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Source : Christopher Peterson (2013). “Pursuing the Good Life: 100 Reflections in Positive Psychology”, p.81, Oxford University Press

Christopher Peterson

#People Quotes #Matter Quotes #Legacy Quotes

“My Virgen de Guadalupe is not the mother of God. She is God. She is a face for a god without a face, an indigena for a god without ethnicity, a female deity for a god who is genderless, but I also understand that for her to approach me, for me to finally open the door and accept her, she had to be a woman like me.”
“It boggles my mind that the same people who cry â€˜foulâ€™ about rationing an instant later argue to reduce health care benefits for the needy, to defund crucial programs of care and prevention, and to shift thousands of dollars of annual costs to people â€“ elders, the poor, the disabled â€“ who are least able to bear them.”

Source : Donald M. Berwick (2013). “Promising Care: How We Can Rescue Health Care by Improving It”, p.213, John Wiley & Sons
“To protect women in times of war, we must first make sure women receive equal rights in times of peace.”
“I greatly admire GE, their utterly ruthlessly focused management, to get the cost out and get this integration done.â€™ Okay, we may make a few mistakes along the way but we are not going to waste any time.' They make decisions; they are incredibly disciplined and focused.”
“All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.”
“Mom?" I said. She turned. "Can I talk to you about something?" "Of course, darling. Come here." I took a few steps into the room. There was so much I wanted to say. "I need you to be --" I said, and then I started to cry. "Be what?" she said, opening her arms. "Not sad," I said.”
“I almost fainted. There was no family history. I had been eating a vegetarian diet and I exercised.”
“Fur only looks good on its original owner. Be comfortable in your own skin, and let animals keep theirs.”

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