"Once you've been committed to a mental institution you're considered a second-rate citizen from then on and retroactive."

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Source : Mary Jane Ward (1969). “Counterclockwise”

Mary Jane Ward

#Citizens Quotes #Institutions Quotes #Committed Quotes

“out of great Russia came three dusky syllables workmen took guns and went out to die for: Bread, Peace, Land.”
“I used to wake up and look at our analytics and think, 'What if yesterday was the last day anyone used Pinterest?' Like, everyone collectively decided, 'We're done!' Over time I got more confidence.”

Source : "Ben Silbermann, Pinterest Founder And CEO, Talks Criticism, Fears". Interview with Sara Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 27, 2012.
“The camera is, in a sense, both a way to get close, and to break free. It is a testimony to independence as well as a new way to relate to the world”
“I feel that marrying younger and being quite a young dad helped me with the stability of my career.”
“Most senators are just going to work and trying to do a job.”
“I started playing in bars when I was about 15 years old, and there are things that I saw early on that really shaped who I am.”
“In all the poems I've written I've not really engaged in politics, and when I've found myself moving in that direction I've always stopped myself.”

Source : "It's not poetry, it's a midlife crisis". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2001.
“Discernment: Corruption's worst enemy.”

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