"Even under the best of circumstances, there's just something so damn tragic about growing up."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Jonathan Tropper

#Growing Up Quotes #Growing Quotes #Circumstances Quotes

“Growth has failed on its own terms. You can't have infinite growth in a world of finite resources.”

Source : "Economists start to consider that money can't buy happiness" by Ashley Seager, Heather Stewart, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2010.
“You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.”
“The only way to grab the attention of the audience is originality. We feed ourselves with franchises that's the opposite of what makes our culture multidimensional and interesting.”

Source : Source: variety.com
“The hood ornament on your car is for telling you where you're going. The rear-view-mirror is for showing you how good you look while you're getting there.”
“We have a number of difficulties facing our nation, but I believe fatherlessness is right at the top of the list.”
“I want to try making things right because picking up the pieces is way better than leaving them the way they are.”

Source : Simone Elkeles (2011). “Perfect Chemistry”, p.332, Simon and Schuster
“I often think there are three primary responses to suffering - rage, intoxication, or growth. We either want revenge for our pain, or we numb ourselves with the endless array of intoxicants available to us, from drugs to overwork, or we grow in empathy. Emptiness can transform into spaciousness; lack can become an agent of social action. But I think many of us struggle to remain on that third path without backsliding into the other two. I do.”

Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org
“I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute!”

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