"The social and industrial structure of America is founded upon an enlightened citizenship."

-- Bainbridge Colby

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“Once," Balinda begins softly, "when I was in the emergency room with my mother they brought in a murderer who had been shot and was dying, right there in front of us. I watched as the nurse touched his face and reassured him and I could not believe they were being so nice to him.""What happened?" Jill asked."My mother rose up, took my arm, gripped it as if she was a weight lifter and said, 'he was a beautiful baby once and his mother loved him'.”

Source : Kris Radish (2006). “Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral”, p.199, Bantam
“I hope my work isn't dismissed by the critics as illustration or photography.”
“A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Today, especially, it's a really unclear situation in terms of where the Israelis are at, and where the Palestinians are at, the world is kind of changing around us.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box - the result of mixing Lloyd's of London with the principle of the chewing gum dispenser.”
“No matter how loud you shout, you will not drown out the voice of the people!”
“Contraceptives unlock one of the most dormant, but potentially powerful assets in development: women as decision-makers. When women have the power to make choices about their families, they tend to decide precisely what demographers, economists, and development experts recommend. They invest in the long-term human capital of their families.”
“Even when you tear its petals off one after another, the rose keeps laughing and doesnâ€™t bend in pain. â€œWhy should I be afflicted because of a thorn? It is the thorn which taught me how to laugh.â€ Whatever you lost through fate, be certain that it saved you from pain.”

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