Michelle
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Labels are not a bad thing when they serve a purpose. If you think about clothing, for example, a label on a garment is a care instruction. So long as someone knows how to read a label and knows what the different icons on a laundry label
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“I have yet to see a house that lacked sufficient storage. The real problem is that we have far more than we need or want.”
― The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
― The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
“The first product of self-knowledge is humility.”
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“I realized that searching for a mentor has become the professional equivalent of waiting for Prince Charming. We all grew up on the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty," which instructs young women that if they just wait for their prince to arrive, they will be kissed and whisked away on a white horse to live happily ever after. Now young women are told that if they can just find the right mentor, they will be pushed up the ladder and whisked away to the corner office to live happily ever after. Once again, we are teaching women to be too dependent on others.”
― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
“Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby,”
― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
“Sometimes miracles look like instant healing; and other times, miracles look like medication and patience and discipline.”
― Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women
― Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women
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