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Kerry Cohen

"As clichéd as it sounds, relationships between women do shape so much of our understandings of ourselves, starting with our mothers. I think all women can relate to the feeling of having merged with best friends. We begin to look alike, talk alike, even take on the same mannerisms. They are as close as family. We give a lot of attention to the heterosexual, nuclear family, but our friends determine as much, I bet, of who we are, how we feel, and how we behave."

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Kerry Cohen

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“The love of individual freedom has stood in the way of the appreciation of social obligations.”
“Whenever we choose to come unto Christ, take His name upon us, and follow His servants, we progress along the path to eternal life. In our mortal journey, it is helpful to remember that the opposite is also true: when we don't keep the commandments or follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost, our opportunities are reduced; our abilities to act and progress are diminished.”
“In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.”
“Anyone who believes that the laws of physics are mere social conventions is invited to try transgressing those conventions from the windows of my apartment. (I live on the twenty-first floor).”

Source : Alan D. Sokal (2008). “Beyond the hoax: science, philosophy and culture”, Oxford University Press, USA
“Everyone agrees that our ultimate goal is to establish a free, open and democratic Iraqi government and bring our men and women in uniform home as soon as possible.”
“When I see something unjust, I have to intervene - it's hard for me to watch the underdog suffer.”
“What is this thing we call government? Is it anything but organized violence? The law orders you to obey, and if you don't obey, it will compel you by force - all governments, all law and authority finally rest on force and violence, on punishment or fear of punishment.”
“If I want to keep working as an actor, I'm going to become a comedian who does fart jokes.”

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