Ina May Gaskin Quotes
Why in the world do the insurance companies get to be the boss of birth? That's what I want to know.
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I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
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I like a little bit of designer, with a bit of vintage and high street mixed in. I love it when you find those one-off key pieces, which end up becoming investment pieces.
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I'm a big foodie and would love to indulge in such things. I've been to many restaurants in the city, and although I can't eat often, I know what's available where.
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I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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Guys like Clyde McPhatter used to sing their tail ends off!
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Detroit's industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.
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Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
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My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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I've heard things said on football pitches that players clearly don't mean, whether it's racism or just an abusive comment in the heat of the moment.
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Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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Originally, I was against gay marriage because I was opposed to all marriage, being an old-fashioned gay bohemian. The straight people I knew in the sixties were very much opposed to it. I was, too, and it was never a possibility for gays, but when I saw how opposed the Religious Right was to it, I thought it a fight worth fighting.
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I know it's a cliche, but I see myself as a citizen of the world. I was brought up in Switzerland by German and Turkish parents but I've very much grown up in San Francisco. I have a European sense of aesthetic, but I'm also deeply steeped in the notion of change and entrepreneurship that is associated with Silicon Valley.
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I consider most of the talent in the financial world to be suboptimal. It could be better placed earning its living in the real world.
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On the global scale, if there's a shaky Middle East, there's a shaky world.
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My records are borderline dance records. They've got a real electro-rock heart and soul, and the vibe of the sentiment is pop, but there's a lot of people that were like, 'This is a dance record.'
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If you tell the truth about how you're feeling, it becomes funny.
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Why in the world do the insurance companies get to be the boss of birth? That's what I want to know.
