"Interestingly, in Cuba abortion is treated as lightly as getting a mole removed."

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Achy Obejas

#Abortion Quotes

“A truly humble man is sensible of his natural distance from God; of his dependence on Him; of the insufficiency of his own power and wisdom; and that it is by God's power that he is upheld and provided for, and that he needs God's wisdom to lead and guide him, and His might to enable him to do what he ought to do for Him.”

Source : Jonathan Edwards (2000). “Christian Love and It's Fruit”, p.65, Sovereign Grace Publishers,
“An angel has no memory.”

Source : "Fictional character: Pygar". "Barbarella", 1968.
“Nutrition makes me puke.”
“This was truly guerilla filmmaking. We shot out in the middle of nowhere in a place called Delta Flats, where basically every day was some new minor catastrophe.”

Source : Interview with Chris Neumer, www.stumpedmagazine.com.
“People don't have a good intuitive sense of how to weigh new information in light of what they already know. They tend to overrate it.”
“They are wrong who think that politics is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, something to be done with some particular end in view, something which leaves off as soon as that end is reached. It is not a public chore, to be got over with. It is a way of life. It is the life of a domesticated political and social creature who is born with a love for public life, with a desire for honor, with a feeling for his fellows; and it lasts as long as need be.”
“Avoid demonizing television, computer games, and new technologies. Electronic media may compete for kids' attention, but we're not going to get kids reading by badmouthing other entertainment. Admit that TV and games can do things books can't.”

Source : "National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Must Go!" by Jon Scieszka, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.
“If I'm not leading by example, then I'm not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing.”

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