"Labeling a child's mind as diseased-whether with autism, intellectual disabilities, or transgenderism-may reflect the discomfort that mind gives parents more than any discomfort it causes their child. Much gets corrected that might better have been left alone."

-- Andrew Solomon

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“Pride looks back upon its past deeds, and calculating with nicety what it has done, it commits itself to rest; whereas humility looks to that which is before, and discovering how much ground remains to be trodden, it is active and vigilant. Having gained one height, pride looks down with complacency on that which is beneath it; humility looks up to a higher and yet higher elevation. The one keeps us on this earth, which is congenial to its nature; the other directs our eye, and tends to lift us up to heaven.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilber, p. 485, 1895.
“The only way to learn to write is to force yourself to produce a certain number of words on a regular basis.”
“His best-known piece is probably his "Canon in D." He also has 'Hexachordium Apollonis', which is also quite famous.”
“If you look at polls, Hillary Clinton is considered the toughest in a field of men. That`s no small victory for her going towards a general election.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“That would be getting up at 5 am... I don't understand why film's shoot such brutal hours. I think it'd be worth it to not be so strictly cost-effective and have an 8 hour day. The film's would benefit in the end.”
“It is better to be the recipient of violence than the inflicter of it, since the latter only multiplies the existence of violence and bitterness in the universe, while the former may develop a sense of shame in the opponent, and thereby bring about a transformation and change of heart.”
“I'm a very competitive person, whether it's school, baseball or even playing video games.”
“Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.”

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