"The assumption being that if high-risk children could be made to 'feel good about themselves,' these epidemics could be mitigated. ... This prescription, unfortunately, has proven to be yet another in a long list of nouveau homilies that haven't lived up to their promises."

-- John Rosemond

#Children Quotes #Self Esteem Quotes #Epidemics Quotes

“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”
“I thought you were going to break out into the running man, Carlton?”
“The helmet has a special meaning for many drivers. How important is it to you? - It protects my head.”

Source : "Top Gear", March 11, 2012.
“Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.”
“Jokes often arise involuntarily, like dreams, and tend to be swiftly forgotten. From these similarities Freud inferred that jokes and dreams share a common origin in the unconscious. Both are essentially means of outwitting our inner 'censor.”

Source : Jim Holt (2008). “Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes”, p.70, W. W. Norton & Company
“I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer between my writing and any impact that came from either the success or the failure of that first book.”

Source : "Born Storyteller: An Interview With Michael Koryta, Author of So Cold the River". Interview with Jason Pinter, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 8, 2010.
“As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness before men.”
“I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.”

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