"In the phrase ' human being,' the word 'being' is much more important than the word 'human.'"

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Source : Karen Joy Fowler (2013). “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves: A Novel”, p.104, Penguin

Karen Joy Fowler

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“I think everything in my life has led to my animal welfare work.”
“Nothing will ever take away the power and resolve and fearlessness of the great city of Boston. We will get through this. It will take time. But we will get through this.”
“The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.”
“Photography is like an open book to the world.”
“Girls my age dress so much raunchier than I'd ever imagine myself dressing. I understand that I'm a role model, though, and I have to look out for that. I have a 10-year-old sister, too. But you also want to be appealing to guys and stuff, that's just something girls feel. It's hard. You want to be that girl that's unattainable to all the guys because there are so many other girls out there that are like that.”
“You have to be ready for hard work and frugal spending to get the idea off the ground.”
“I had a .200 lifetime batting average in the major leagues, which tied me with another sports great averaging 200 or better for a ten-year period: Don Carter, one of our top bowlers.”
“Every dollar that we send in State Department aid or humanitarian aid that saves us from having to get involved with very expensive military actions is a good investment. And frankly, helping Israel fight terrorism in the Middle East is much cheaper than us fighting it here on our shores.”

Source : "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, transcripts.cnn.com. January 27, 2011.

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