"Family is the one thing that is definitely not disposable."

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Source : "My family values". Interview with Jo Mears, www.theguardian.com. Augsut 28, 2009.

Jenny Eclair

“The sacred lives beyond labels and judgment, in the wood-of-no-names.”
“Language development, for instance, has a critical period that begins in infancy and ends between eight years and puberty. After this critical period closes, a personâ€™s ability to learn a second language without an accent is limited. In fact, second languages learned after the critical period are not processed in the same part of the brain as is the native tongue.”

Source : Norman Doidge (2007). “The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science”, p.52, Penguin
“Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I believe that. But I want you to know something â€” when it comes to all this enemies nonsense, Iâ€™m out. I am a neutral country. I am Switzerland. I refuse to be affected by territorial disputes between mythical creatures. Jacob is family. You are . . . well, not exactly the love of my life, because I expect to love you for much longer than that. The love of my existence. I donâ€™t care whoâ€™s a werewolf and whoâ€™s a vampire. If Angela turns out to be a witch, she can join the party, too.”
“To be passionate in today's world is not politically correct... Nowadays we are supposed to cope. This was not Mahler's problem. He saw it, he heard it, and he expressed it. He was a kaleidoscopic, Olympian figure.”
“Do not act following customary beliefs.”
“Show him every dawn & read to him endlessly.”

Source : Ted Hughes (2011). “Letters of Ted Hughes”, p.96, Faber & Faber
“I met Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Engels and Mao when I entered prison and they redeemed me.”

Source : George Jackson (1970). “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson”, Chicago Review Press

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