Taking the line of least resistance, we lump the most different people together under the same heading. Taking the line of least resistance, we ascribe to them collective crimes, collective acts and opinions. "The Serbs have massacred…", "The English have devastated…", "The Jews have confiscated…", "The Blacks have torched", "The Arabs refuse…". We blithely express sweeping judgments on whole peoples, calling them "hardworking" and "ingenious", or "lazy", "touchy", "sly", "proud", or "obstinate". And sometimes this ends in bloodshed. " – Amin Maalouf "On Identity
Marilyn Monroe
I was never happy as a child, so it wasn't something I took for granted. i did'nt grow up as an average, american child. An average child grows up with an expectation of being happy.
