"Women are socialized to be nice, to be docile. I call it 'shrink to fit': Shrink yourself to fit what others expect of you."

“I was there less than a year before I was assigned to the Paris bureau. I spent two years there and, in fact, before I even went on the staff I was sent to Europe to do assignments which they wouldn't normally do for a young photographer just starting out.”

“Jerry Falwell turned gay bashing into a very successful art form.... the first fundamentalist to exploit the fear and loathing of homosexuals to raise hundreds of millions of dollars and add millions of new donors to his mailing list.”

“We use eating as a medium for social relationships: satisfaction of the most individual of needs becomes a means of creating community.”

Source : Margaret Visser (2015). “The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners”, p.8, Open Road Media

“I think it does suggest that the American people really do want to listen to somebody who actually has some solutions, some answers, and gives them some hope.”

“We can overcome if we change the way we see, see ourselves, see our past, see our possibility.”

Source : Daniel Beaty (2014). “Transforming Pain to Power: Unlock Your Unlimited Potential”, p.69, Penguin

“There's no time to hold grudges when you've seen how fragile things can really be.”

“there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.”

“Our ties are deep and long-standing. We are dependent on each other. And no matter what the issue of the day, whether it be softwood lumber, whether it be a war in Iraq, we need to continue to work together.”

Source : "An Interview with Satish Kumar at the New Story Summit". Kosmos Interview, www.kosmosjournal.org. November 18, 2014.