"Cell phones have changed us from a nation of self-reliant pioneer types into a bunch of men standing alone in supermarkets saying, â€˜Okay, Iâ€™m in the tampon aisle, but I donâ€™t see it.'"

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Source : John Gierach (2008). “Fool's Paradise”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

John Gierach

#Men Quotes #Phones Quotes #Self Quotes

“We've had a chance to be seen by viewers who had never seen us before, and we've kept a lot of them.”
“No character, however upright, is a match for constantly reiterated attacks, however false.”
“If you increase the sales tax... everybody would be taxed.”
“The full ashtanga system practiced with devotion leads to freedom within one's heart.”
“Being in relationship is not living in a fantasyland and don`t think that everything's going to be perfect all the time. You will go through phases where you're just not getting along. You're not communicating well. That's going to happen, and it's going to feel impossible to you sometimes. It might not even make sense to you sometimes. Arguments are normal. You have to be patient and sit through that and remember that this is a part of human communication and interaction. You're going to have these conflicts with anyone. It's not necessarily just that person.”
“I think there's a number of pillars to success. One is you've got to have a great idea. The other is you've got to have a constituency, you've got to have finance, and you've got to be able to raise awareness.”
“Gender-based violence is one of the most pervasive and yet least-recognized human rights abuses in the world.”
“Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.”

Source : Arthur Miller (2015). “After the Fall”, p.96, Bloomsbury Publishing

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