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“The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble.”
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“For far too many, pregnancy and birth is still something that happens to them rather than something they set out consciously and joyfully to do themselves”
Source : Sheila Kitzinger (1990). “The Experience of Childbirth”, Viking Press
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“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.”
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“A hearing heart loves to whom it listens.”
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“The order and harmony of the Western world, its most famous achievement, and a laboratory in which structures of a complexity as yet unknown are being fashioned, demand the elimination of a prodigious mass of noxious by-products which now contaminate the globe. The first thing we see as we travel round the world is our own filth, thrown into the face of mankind.”
Source : Claude Levi-Strauss (2012). “Tristes Tropiques”, p.44, Penguin
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“In the case of the Japanese, they usually commit suicide before they make any apology.”
Source : "Row over AIG bonuses threatens Obama's economic plans" by Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. March 17, 2009.
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“I'm going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts - just speed.”
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“Hardships make or break people.”
Source : Margaret Mitchell (2016). “Gone with the Wind”, p.439, Hamilton Books