"The problem that has no name-which is simply the fact that American women are kept from growing to their full human capacities-is taking a far greater toll on the physical and mental health of our country than any known disease."

-- Betty Friedan

#Country Quotes #Names Quotes #Justice Quotes

“This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it.”

Source : Marilynne Robinson (2004). “Gilead: A Novel”, p.28, Macmillan
“You get that love from the people. It lets me know that all the madness I go through, all the stuff that the business has to offer with all its madness; it makes it worthwhile.”
“Governance is key to a robust Health IT system.”
“To lovers of the long and intricate history of language the disuse and final death of certain words is a matter of regret. Yet every age bears witness to the inevitableness of such loss.”
“I have never felt that anything really mattered but knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could.”
“Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.”
“Storytelling awakens us to that which is real. Honest. . . . it transcends the individual. . . . Those things that are most personal are most general, and are, in turn, most trusted. Stories bind. . . . They are basic to who we are. A story composite personality which grows out of its community. It maintains a stability within that community, providing common knowledge as to how things are, how things should be -- knowledge based on experience. These stories become the conscience of the group. They belong to everyone.”
“Because I'm the author of my screenplays I know what I'm looking for. It's true that I can be stubborn in demanding that I get what I want, but it's also a question of working with patience and love.”

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