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“The social custom of calling on people when they are unwell has always mystified me. By definition, you’re not feeling or looking your best. Why on earth do people assume you might want visitors?”

Book:The Bullet

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The Bullet

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Mary Louise Kelly

Mary Louise Kelly is an American author born on March 27, 1971. Her works span a variety of genres, including history, biography, and fiction. Kelly is known for her in-depth research and vivid narrative style. more

“If Mom is convinced that ballet lessons are a must, she should take them. Although it may look odd to see a thirty-year old woman hang- ing onto a bar and flinging a slightly plump leg in the air, the sight is not as pathetic as seeing her seven-year old daughter grimly going through such motions just to please her mother, when she would prefer to be at home designing new doll clothes. Although some parents are never quite ready to accept this fact, the child is not one of our possessions. We don’t own him; we never will. We gave birth to his body; he may share some of our physical characteristics; but he does not inherit our desires. He’s a different person, a separate entity, with his own likes and dislikes. It’s a grave mistake to try to override a child’s power of choice in what he wants to be and do. Some parents do this in an attempt to live their lives through the child.”

Children Parenting Common Sense Parenthood Infant Newborn Toddler

Author:Ruth Minshull

“Believe in what makes you Healthy, because everything else is just garbage.”

Healing Health Self Awareness Common Sense Emotional Intelligence Self Empowerment Emotional Health Placebo

Author:Gary Hopkins

“Les moustiques porteurs du paludisme n’attendront pas poliment jusqu’à ce que les gens se couchent sous des moustiquaires”

Common Sense Public Health Mosquitoes Malaria Disease Control Disease Prevention Mosquito Net

Author:T.K. Naliaka

“Citizens of a modern society need [...] more than that ordinary "common sense" which was defined by Stuart Chase as that which tells you that the world is flat.”

Common Sense 1939

Book:Language in Thought and Action