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“We pretend to want things we don't want so nobody can see us not getting what we need.”
― Three Women
― Three Women
“To be rendered powerless does not destroy your humanity. Your resilience is your humanity. The only people who lose their humanity are those who believe they have the right to render another human being powerless. They are the weak. To yield and not break, that is incredible strength.”
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“failure is a feeling long before it’s an actual result.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“There should be a stronger word than regret.”
― Three Women
― Three Women
“few trusted advisers, the president confided that he was worried about some interconnected trends taking root in the country—and most acutely within the Republican Party. There was protectionism, a belief that global commerce and international trade deals wounded the domestic workforce. There was isolationism, a reluctance to exert American influence and strength abroad. And there was nativism, a prejudice against all things foreign: traditions, cultures, people. “These isms,” Bush told his team, “are gonna eat us alive.”
― American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump
― American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump
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