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“As a kid, I was always sick. I had pneumonia, I had really severe allergies. And it wasn't until I got older, that I realized some of that was caused by toxins in things like detergent. That made me crazy, because it's supposed to help get things clean!”

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Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba is an American actress born on April 28, 1981. She gained widespread recognition for her performances in films such as 'Daredevil' and 'Sin City'. Beyond her acting career, Alba is also a social activist and entrepreneur, having founded The Honest Company, a brand that provides safe and healthy products for families. more

“I guess for me, balance isn't about treating your time like a pie chart and dividing it into equally sized slices for you, the kids, work, and so on. It's about the quality of how you spend your time, not the quantity--are you being present and focused on whatever you're doing while you're doing it? I truly believe that's how you can be the best version of yourself, whether you're in work mode, mom mode, or wife mode. When I know I'm giving my undivided attention in each of these areas, I don't feel so guilty about the time spent away from them.”

Source: The Honest Life (Enhanced Edition): Living Naturally and True to You

“Especially in entertainment geared toward young people, the women are much stronger than they used to be. There's not really the damsel in distress anymore. I think the stereotype still possibly lives in different genre pictures but, in entertainment for the younger generation, they're used to women being equal and being strong. I think if you don't portray that, it would be kind of weird.”

“If ever I do escape, no one shall reproach me with having broken or violated my faith, not having given my word to any one, whosoever it may be.”

Ifs May Given Broken Reproach

Book:Jeanne D'Arc, Maid of Orleans, Deliverer of France: Being the Story of Her Life, Her Achievements, and Her Death, as Attested on Oath and Set Forth in Original Documents

Source: Jeanne D'Arc, Maid of Orleans, Deliverer of France: Being the Story of Her Life, Her Achievements, and Her Death, as Attested on Oath and Set Forth in Original Documents

“Sometimes the act of walking in the face of the elements helps us come to grips with reality. Or it simply exhausts us to the point of seeing the futility of resisting reality and the futility of denial.”

Sometimes Helping Reality Faces Seeing Walking Elements Denial Futility Resisting

Author:John Ashcroft

“A trustee has a responsibility to guard the assets of others with a higher degree of care than he does his own.”

Doe Care Responsibility Higher Degrees Assets Trustees

Author:John Ashcroft

“To me, failure is not fatal unless you quit; getting knocked down is not embarrassing unless you allow it to keep you down.”

Quitting Embarrassing Knocked Down

Author:John Ashcroft

“Do not allow your sorrow or your rage to become hostility toward people on the basis of their ethnicity or their religious views. That is unacceptable; it is out of bounds, and if you break the law, we will prosecute you for it.”

People Ifs Law Religious Views Break Sorrow Bases Bounds Rage Hostility Ethnicity Religious Views

Book:Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice