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Quote by Ellen Goodman

“Civility, it is said, means obeying the unenforceable.”

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Ellen Goodman is an American journalist renowned for her column writing in newspapers and magazines. Born on April 11, 1941, she has had a career spanning multiple fields, including politics, social issues, and the environment. more

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Author:Benjamin Disraeli

“In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right.”

Firsts Journalism Tension Goodman

Author:Ellen Goodman

“Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in.”

Values Items Trendy

Book:Making Sense

Source: Making Sense

“They're coming out of high school exhausted. The pressure in high school is killing these kids. By the time they get to college, they have been fighting for three or four years to get the perfect SAT scores and get into A.P. classes.”

Years Has Beens Kids School Fighting Three Perfect Class Four College High School Pressure Killing Sat Score Coming Out Four Years Exhausted Sat Scores

Author:Debora Spar

“It's oppressive. ... It's food, it's clothing, it's all the magazines that come under the heading of things looking simple. Men's magazines don't seem to do this. They seem to be about things that are fun, not things you have to spend lots of hours on and then fail at.”

Men Seems Fun Hours Simple Failing Magazines Clothings Headings Simple Man

Author:Debora Spar

“Rather than seeing the opportunities that feminism created they very easy morph into expectations.”

Opportunity Easy Seeing Feminism Expectations

Author:Debora Spar

“Strive not for perfection..but for lives and loves that matter.”

Matter Perfection And Love Strive Life And Love

Author:Debora Spar

“We must...forge partnerships with those around us, and begin to dismantle the myth of solitary perfection.”

Perfection Myth Partnership Solitary

Author:Debora Spar

“Women are racing all the time to try to have a perfect house and perfect kids and be a perfect cook. Men, somehow, for whatever reason, seem to be better able to pick and choose, to focus on things they like and that are important to them, and let the other things go.”

Men Trying Important Reason Seems Kids Able House Perfect Focus Picks Cooks Racing

Author:Debora Spar

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