"You know, I think there are certain words like 'illegitimate' that should not be used to describe a person. And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact."

-- Aimee Mullins

#Technology Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Impact Quotes

“Old age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.”
“God has forgiven you; you'd be wise to do the same”
“I want all this loud profanity in the street stopped. I want people to think about choices.”
“Every story I write is different. Some are hard. Some aren't. 'Chronicle' was tremendously easy. I have a hard time comparing my process on different things, but I will say this: The more you write, the better you get at it. That's one of the few things that's markedly true.”
“The Barack Obama Administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all previous administrations combined. That's a staggering record. And it comes from a president who said that he's going to have one of the most transparent administrations ever.”

Source : Source: www.progressive.org
“A lot of people write books not at the end of their career. Why you gotta wait until then? When you're momentum's going, that's when people really want to get to know about you.”
“The upshot of pervasive public belief in the uncontrollable sexuality of teenagers, and even of pre-teenagers, is that parents arehalf-hearted in their efforts to supervise and control their children, even when they are filled with anxiety as to their children's ability to cope with a full-fledged sexual relationship. "How can we buck the tide?" parents say helplessly, often without making quite certain that the ocean they see is a real one and not a mirage.”
“It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love.”

Source : Raymond Carver (2015). “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”, p.116, Vintage

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