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Go to an airport, and look at people on the moving walkway,” he says. “I mean, the engineers who built that walkway — it’s meant to speed you up, by walking on it. You’re not meant to just hop on it and go on a slow, sort of moving ride.

—Americans Do Not Walk The Walk, And That’s A Growing Problem (via npr)

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A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.

—Winston Churchill (via politicalprof)

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While [the Blunt Amendment] might not sound as radical as forcing a woman to have a transvaginal ultrasound or as putting an equal sign between a “fertilized egg” and a “person”, having a debate on contraception in the 21st century in the United States seems to be outside the realm of reality. Perhaps more appropriate for the Middle Ages, this discussion certainly doesn’t fit our modern world and a democratic society, where a woman having control over her body should be a non-debatable, fundamental human right.

—Gabriela Pasat M.D.: So much for gender equality (via pantslessprogressive)

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