"There are not schizophrenics. There are people with schizophrenia and these people may be your spouse, they may be your child, they may be your neighbor, they may be your friend, they may be your coworker"

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Source : "What's It Like To Have A Psychotic Episode?". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. February 6, 2013.

Elyn Saks

#Children Quotes #People Quotes #May Quotes

“Hollywood's like Egypt, full of crumbled pyramids. It'll never come back. It'll just keep on crumbling until finally the wind blows the last studio prop across the sands.”
“To hope does not mean to know the future, but rather to be open, in an attitude of spiritual childhood, to accepting it as a gift.”

Source : Gustavo Gutiérrez (1988). “A theology of liberation: history, politics, and salvation”
“When mental energy is allowed to follow the line of least resistance and to fall into easy channels, it is called weakness.”
“There's a tendency to think that young designers only do fantasy fashion, but I'm more interested in making clothes that women can afford.”
“I'm sure there have been guys who didn't realize they had a concussion and just kept playing. It's a violent game. The head injuries are the most dangerous to play with. We're trained to play no matter what. If you can run, and you're able to focus and know your responsibilities, you're usually out there playing. You wouldn't have enough players if no one played hurt. Especially if you're, like, on special teams, you're going to do everything you can to stay in the game.”
“A name means a lot just by itself.”
“You don't have to have all the right things in life, all the doors already open for you, in order to do great things.”
“The person I enjoyed interviewing the most was Elmo from Sesame Street because he is so unpredictable and he is always eating my hair and my face.”

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