#issues

I've written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#criticism #cultural #dealing #ending #feminism

Part of my training was learning how to refer patients to cardiologists for heart problems, gastroenterologists for stomach issues, and rheumatologists for joint pain. Given that most physicians were trained this way, it's no wonder that the average Medicare patient has six doctors and is on five different medications. ↗

— Mark Hyman

#different #doctors #five #given #heart

When every other facet of my life was a mess, music stayed true as math. ↗

— Jennifer Echols

#issues #life #mess #music #life

James “Knockout Jimmy” O’Brien, Granite Fall’s very own boxing legend—a title he held until a young groupie poked holes in the condom she made him wear “for protection.” My brother was born nine months later, fists already swinging. ↗

— Kate Avelynn

#issues #new-adult #young-adult #new-adult

Finally, her father spoke. “Are you sure? I mean, I don’t understand how this could have happened. She’s only fifteen; I didn’t even know she was sexually active.” Mallory’s father, normally in control, was on the verge of tears. He refused to look at his daughter, his little girl. As much as he had preached abstinence to her, he still kept a watchful eye over her, yet here they were, facing the unthinkable. He wanted to know when this happened, and with whom—but those questions would have to wait. ↗

— Tracy L. Darity

#relationships #social-issues #young-adult-fiction #love

They say that rape is the only crime in which the victim has to prove her innocence. And I want you to know, I believe in your innocence. You don’t have to prove anything to me. ↗

— Alina Klein

#change #inspirational #issues #life #change

I find the female tragedy of insecurity to be hilarious. We get obsessed over issues like the tiny skin tags on our backs or that we're fat. You read one line in a magazine and it sends you into a tailspin. ↗

— Lake Bell

#fat #female #find #get #hilarious

The main problem was a pacing problem. I had wanted the project to be about 20-30 issues, and I should have written it out as a full script beforehand. ↗

— Chester Brown

#beforehand #full #had #i #issues

I think there are other issues that the Democrats could use to rally evangelicals. There are a lot of us, for instance, who believe that the Bible calls us to be environmentally responsible. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#bible #calls #could #democrats #environmentally

Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbling in things that aren't really that important in the long term. ↗

— Ted Danson

#dabbling #environmental #environmental issues #every #important