"There was however, a group of 507 individuals who were permanent street dwellers [in Miami.] These 507 were not indigent, down-on-their-luck families. They were single people and every one of them was mentally ill."

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Source : Pete Earley (2007). “Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness”, p.103, Penguin

Pete Earley

#People Quotes #Luck Quotes #Groups Quotes

“I look for a sign. Where to go next. you never know when you'll get one. Even the most faithless among us are waiting to be proven wrong.”

Source : Jillian Lauren (2011). “Pretty: A Novel”, p.101, Penguin
“What is any religion? A little ritual, a little superstition, and some magic. It's not a strictly spiritual affair; it has psychological roles to fulfill. You might not want it to be a religion based on your own experience but that's like wanting to clean up your dreams”
“Do not go with the flow. Be the flow.”
“Attempts to juggle domestic responsibilities with artistic production have often resulted in smaller bodies of work, and often works smaller in scale, than those produced by male contemporaries. Yet art history continues to privilege prodigious output and monumental scale or conception over the selective and the intimate.”

Source : Whitney Chadwick (2007). “Women, Art, and Society”
“Touch and away, Jack?â€™ asked Stephen. â€˜Touch and away? Do you not recall that I have important business there? Enquiries of the very first interest?â€™ To do with our enterprise? To do with this voyage?â€™ Perhaps not quite directly.”
“Ive got tapes that Im so thankful that my father made - old reel-to-reel tapes. Ive got a ton of those things at home. He kept those like fine diamonds, I mean he kept them, you know, in a box and was very, very careful of them, you know.”
“If I vibrate with vibrations other than yours, must you conclude that my flesh is insensitive?”
“Remember two matters and forget two matters; 1. Remember Allah (SWT) and death. 2. Forget any good that you have done to another and any evil that was done to you by another”

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