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“Democratization is not democracy; it is a slogan for the temporary liberalization handed down from an autocrat. Glasnost is not free speech; only free speech, constitutionally guaranteed, is free speech.”

Quote by Gail Sheehy

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Gail Sheehy is an American author known for her autobiographical works and her research on personal growth. Her books delve into the themes of personal development and life stages, enjoying widespread popularity among readers. more

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“Adolescents are like cockroaches: They come out the minute you leave town, crawl the walls, feed indiscriminately, reproduce alarmingly unless drugged, and will certainly outlast you.”

Minutes Wall Towns Adolescence Cockroaches

Author:Gail Sheehy

“children may need challenges and high-risk conditions in order to develop the self-generated immunity to trauma that characterizes survivors. To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.”

Needs May Children Self Order Challenges Risk Conditions Trauma Being The Best Survivor Tested Therapists Immunity High Risk

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“by operating on the principle of human and material obsolescence, America eats her history alive.”

Humans America Principles History United States Alive Materials Obsolescence

Book:Speed is of the Essence

Source: Speed is of the Essence

“Speed as a drug disorganizes the personality; speed as the goal of information dissemination commits a subtler crime. People are mainlining our words. We rarely read of the rational alternatives, only of the commands that all must change or else. This is a prescription for public panic.”

People Goal Crime Information Personality Drug Speed Commit Rational Command Alternatives Panic Prescriptions Our Words Dissemination

Author:Gail Sheehy

“Leaders are people we as followers want to regard with awe as the fullest flowering of our own possibilities.”

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“The secret in the search for meaning is to find your passion and pursue it.”

Passion Secret Pursue Search For Meaning

Book:New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time

Source: New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time

“My mother had demonstrated that the best way to defeat the numbing ambivalence of middle age is to surprise yourself - by pulling off some cartwheel of thought or action never even imagined at a younger age.”

Way Age Action Mother Middle Surprise Defeat Best Way Pulling Middle Ages Ambivalence Numbing Cartwheels

Author:Gail Sheehy

“As we reach midlife in the middle thirties or early forties, we are not prepared for the idea that time can run out on us, or for the startling truth that if we don't hurry to pursue our own definition of a meaningful existence, life can become a repetition of trivial maintenance duties.”

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Book:Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life

Source: Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life

“It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it ... These are the highest-paid 'professional' women in America.”

Doe America Asks Highest Paid Silly Prostitution

Book:Hustling: Prostitution in Our Wide Open Society

Source: Hustling: Prostitution in Our Wide Open Society

“I certainly never thought I would run for office myself. If someone had suggested it, I would have laughed out loud.”

Ifs Running Office Loud Laughed

Author:Jennifer Granholm