"Because parents are transients in the maternity care system, there is little cumulative birth experience over successive generations of mothers. Women giving birth don't make the same mistakes as their mothers or grandmothers-they make new ones."

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Source : Elizabeth Noble (1983). “Childbirth with Insight”

Elizabeth Noble

#Mother Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Giving Quotes

“democracy ... is never won but always to be won ...”
“Poetry is, above all, an approach to the truth of feeling . . .. A fine poem will seize your imagination intellectually-that is, when you reach it, you will reach it intellectually too- but the way is through emotion, through what we call feeling.”
“Spring is come home with her world-wandering feet, And all things are made young with your desires.”

Source : James M. Byrne, Francis Thompson (2001). “God: thoughts in an age of uncertainty”, Continuum Intl Pub Group
“Good art should elicit a response of 'Huh? Wow!' as opposed to â€˜Wow! Huh?'”
“The young people look great on television. Theyâ€™re youthful and have a lot of zip and energy, but when you see them live, they can only do about 20 minutes because they havenâ€™t got the training to hold an audience for an hour and a half or so.”
“When I rest, I rest and when I work, I work hard and sometimes for long hours. I always try to be rested when I work...”
“Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.”
“Frankly, to be a poor child in Cuba may in many instances be better than being a poor child in Miami, and Iâ€™m not going to condemn their lifestyle so gratuitously.”

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