"Saving lives is not a top priority in the halls of power. Being compassionate and concerned about human life can cause a man to lose his job. It can cause a woman not to get the job to begin with."

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Source : Myriam Miedzian (2002). “Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence”, p.28, Lantern Books

Myriam Miedzian

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“When it's over, we may feel wooed, adored, appreciated, or abused, but it will have been an affair to remember.”

Source : Thomas C. Foster (2009). “Understanding Novels: A Lively Exploration of Literary Form and Technique”, p.22, A&C Black
“But most people don't come up to me and express a lot of emotion.”
“There is one thing we can do, and the happiest of people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present.”
“Care less about what other people think because at the end of the day, everyone is so worried about themselves & how they are coming across that nobody is actually judging as much as y'all think they are.”
“The Goldschmidts had joined forces with other Rothschild cousins, the Bischoffsheims, to form a banking partnership which financed the North in the American Civil War.”
“I couldn't give you a count of the number of single women I have in our congregation that are serving in very significant ways in the community. Our desire is for them to live all of life to the glory of God whether God calls them to be a wife or a mother or not.”
“I was destined to express myself.”
“There is more to be pondered in the grain and texture of life than traditional fiction allows. The work of essayists is vital precisely because it permits and encourages self-knowledge in a way that is less indirect than fiction, more open and speculative.”

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