"To be a housewife is to be a member of a very peculiar occupation, one with characteristics like no other. The nature of the duties to be performed, the method of payment, the form of supervision, the tenure system, the market in which the workers find jobs, and the physical hazzards are all very different from the way things are in other occupations."

-- Barbara Bergmann

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“I do think you have sort of a general philosophical approach that you want from a justice, and I think a strict constructionist would be probably the way I'd describe it.”
“As I continued to fall into the dark void, embraced by the vault of the heavens, I sang to the beauty of the stars and made my peace with the darkness.”

Source : Heinz R. Pagels (2012). “The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature”, p.349, Courier Corporation
“Making shots counts, but not as much as the people who make them.”
“Courage is a fickle creature. Just as you need it, it often makes excuses and rushes out of the room.”
“We have fought for our land, we have fought for our sovereignty, small as we are we have won our independence and we are prepared to shed our blood... So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.”

Source : Robert Mugabe's speech at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg, September 2, 2002.
“First romance, first love, is something so special to all of us, both emotionally and physically, that it touches our lives and enriches them forever.”
“Managers assert drive and control to get things done; leaders pause to discover new ways of being and achieving .”

Source : Kevin Cashman (2012). “The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward”, p.4, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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