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" On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere. "
Nancy Gibbs
Uncommon
Value
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" There's a smartphone gait: the slow sidewalk weave that comes from being lost in conversation rather than looking where you're going. "
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" There may be no less original idea than the notion that our hearts hold dominion over our heads. "
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" We've seen what happens when it serves a president's interest to flaunt his faith - which is almost inevitably does, since every poll affirms that Americans want their leader to submit to some higher power. "
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" In the weeks after 9/11, out of the pain and the fear there arose also grace and gratitude, eruptions of intense kindness that occurred everywhere, a sharp resolve to just be better, bigger, to shed the nonsense, rise to the occasion. "
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" We will never know if any other president approached Nixon in paranoia, profanity or potential criminality, since only his conversations were captured, subpoenaed and ultimately released on the front pages of newspapers. "
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" Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly - young and old, faithful and cynical - as has Pope Francis. "
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" I live in a dumb house. Which is not to say that I don't love its quirky charm, its drafty windows and leaky fireplaces and an electrical system that protests when too many people are trying to vacuum and microwave at the same time. But charm is not always user-friendly. "
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" My husband and I don't have sons, so we never had to ask ourselves how we'd have felt about them playing football. "
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" Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge. "
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" Across much of the developing world, by the time she is 12, a girl is tending house, cooking, cleaning. She eats what's left after the men and boys have eaten; she is less likely to be vaccinated, to see a doctor, to attend school. "
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" A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon. "
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" There are many things that matter much more than an editor's gender in shaping the direction of the leadership. "
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" Americans are grateful for the connection and convenience their phones provide, helping them search for a lower price, navigate a strange city, expand a customer base or track their health and finances, their family and friends. "
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" Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament. "
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" Even if it wasn't always morning in America during the years of his presidency, Reagan's eagerness to insist that it was tapped into a longing among voters. They didn't want to picture themselves turning down their thermostats and buttoning up their cardigans. They wanted to strut again. Reagan opened his arms and said, 'Walk this way.' "
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" The leading cause of death for girls 15 to 19 worldwide is not accident or violence or disease; it is complications from pregnancy. Girls under 15 are up to five times as likely to die while having children than are women in their 20s, and their babies are more likely to die as well. "
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