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What the Constitution Means to Me

by Heidi Schreck

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The Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing

by Norman Mailer

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The New Age of Sexism: How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny

by Laura Bates (Goodreads Author)

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“Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything.”
― Sherwood Anderson

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“Kindness has no religion. Religions are like narrow tracks but kindness is like an open sky.”
― Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power

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“To suffer is one thing; another thing is living with the photographed images of suffering, which does not necessarily strengthen conscience and the ability to be compassionate. It can also corrupt them. Once one has seen such images, one has started down the road of seeing more - and more. Images transfix. Images anesthetize.”
― Susan Sontag, On Photography

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“Each person you meet
is an aspect of yourself,
clamoring for love.”
― Eric Micha'el Leventhal

“Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love light and compassion. Life will be beautiful.”
― Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power

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