"We must stop criminalizing mental illness. It's a national tragedy and scandal that the L.A. County Jail is the biggest psychiatric facility in the United States."

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Source : "A tale of mental illness — from the inside". TED Talk, www.ted.com. June, 2012.

Elyn Saks

#Jail Quotes #Tragedy Quotes #United States Quotes

“Assume that everybody can see what you are doing and then live your life that way - you will find that generally you are treated right.”

Source : "InternetTraffic.com Shakes Up Domain Parking Industry – with Frank Schilling". Interview with Michael Cyger, www.domainsherpa.com. May 31, 2011.
“My way of discovering of what I like was to create a restaurant list and eat my way through it, and I call it my 'inner fat girl bucket list.'”
“For some reason, it didnâ€™t feel right. Victorâ€™s words seemed to confirm that. There was another reason that heâ€™d come here. Falling in love with Elizabeth might have been part of it. But that wasnâ€™t all. Something else was coming. There is more.”
“When you look at Harlem - and I lived there almost five years - most of the people who live in Harlem are transplants. They migrate to Harlem from another place. A lot of them are from the south, so they bring those southern influences with them.”
“We can do a bit of blaming: the proliferation of devices means we're always at work, always on call, always available. Physically leaving the office isn't a declaration of being off work anymore; your office is in your bag or pocket.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“If it has to be done at all, it must be done with grace.”
“As long as we keep our fundamentals strong...the dollar (and) U.S. borrowing costs will do just fine.”
“The key to culture is it's a framework for making decisions. And if it's baked into your culture, people learn how to make decisions across that culture without you ever saying anything. You never have to really do anything except watch and promote and move people around.”

Source : "Lecture 14: How to Operate" by Keith Rabois, genius.com. November 6, 2014.

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