Margaret Mead, from Some Personal Views

General
There are several causes of childhood neurosis.
Specific
Four causes of childhood neurosis are "special vulnerabilities," unusual placement in the family "a series of events," or "a series of coincidences."

Andrei Toom, from "A Russian Teacher in America"

General
Clearly, in all cases, competence is what's important, but some students would substitute certification for "real competence."

Helen Prejean, from Dead Man Walking

General
When the "torture and violence" of executions are someday "unmasked," out of shame, we will "abolish the death penalty in the United States."

Oliver E. Allen, from "The Power of Parents"

"Those few individual inventors who do make it big . . . are all the more exceptional for being successful entrepreneurs and industrialists as well as inventors."

Mickey Kaus, from The End of Equality

Unlike holidays of the past which were "typically days of actual common celebration," today, like the vacation, "even solemn public holidays . . . are seen as simply more private leisure time."

Robert Hughes, from The Culture of Complaint

"There are many new terms and usages that seemed picky or unnecessary to conservatives when they first appeared, but now are indispensable."

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