“I was trying to be appreciative for the education I had, for the sacrifices my parents made. I was very interested in perfect attendance, OK, and straight A's and, you know, dean's list, because those I think were worthwhile, you know, endeavors. And it was important to spend my time in that way and become well-rounded.” ThinkingKnowsWayTryingWellsMadeImportantParentPerfectSacrificeListsMy TimeEndeavorWorthwhileDeanAppreciativeWell RoundedAttendance Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“One of the many, many things I hate about war is how it trivializes the personal. The big themes, the broad sweep, the emergency measures, the national identity, all the things that a particular kind of man with a particular kind of power urge adores, these are the things that become important. War gives the lie to the personal, drowns it in meetings, alarms, sacrifices. The personal is only allowed to return as death.” MenGivingKindImportantWarBigsLyingHateSacrificeIdentityParticularHe ManReturnI HateMeetingsThemeUrgesBroadsAdoreEmergenciesAlarmsNational IdentityThings I Hate Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Anyway everyboy (sorry) knows that what women have done that is really important is not to constitute a great, cheap labor force that you can zip in when you're at war and zip out again afterwards but to Be Mothers, to form the coming generation, to give birth to them, to nurse them, to mop floors for them, to love them, cook for them, clean for them, change their diapers, pick up after them, and mainly sacrifice themselves for them. This is the most important job in the world. That's why they don't pay you for it.” KnowsWorldGivingImportantWarDoneJobsFormMotherForcePayGenerationsSacrificeBirthPicksLaborCleanSorryCooksNurseDiapersImportant JobsZipsCheap LaborLabor Force Author:Joanna Russ
“Just as soon as any conviction of important truth becomes central and vital, there comes the desire to utter it - a desire which is immediate and irresistible. Sacrifice is gladness, service is joy, when such an idea becomes a commanding power.” ImportantIdeasTruthJoyDesireSacrificeTruth IsConvictionIrresistibleGladness Author:Richard Salter Storrs