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— Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth"It is a fact of history that those who seek to withdraw from its great experiments usually end up being overwhelmed by them."
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Mothers tend to encourage their sons to run away and romp.... Mothers of little boys often complain that "There's no controlling him." "He's all over the place...." The complaints are tinged with more than a little pride at the boy's marvelous independence and masculine bravado. It's almost as though the mother enjoyed being overwhelmed by her spectacular conquering hero.
— Louise J. Kaplan
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I think that the glorious thing about the human race is that it does change the world -- constantly. The world or 'life' may seem to more often overwhelm the human being's capacity for struggling against being overwhelmed which is remarkable and exhilarating.
— Lorraine Hansberry
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