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Mahatma Gandhi quote: "There are two days in the year that we can not do anything,..."
There are two days in the year that we can not do anything, yesterday and tomorrow Mahatma Gandhi
It is perhaps in reading a love story (or in writing one) that we can simultaneously partake of the ecstasy and agony of being in love without paying a crippling emotional price. I offer this book, then, as a cure for lovesickness and an antidote to adultery. Read these love stories in the safety of your single bed. Let everybody else suffer. Jeffrey Eugenides
The worst of all of this is the lie that condoms really protect against AIDS. The condom failure rate can be as high as 20 percent. Would you get on a plane? or put your children on a plane? if one of five passengers would be killed on the flight? Well, the statistic holds for condoms, folks. Rush Limbaugh
Meg Cabot quote: "You can’t be friends with someone who’s in love with you if..."
You can’t be friends with someone who’s in love with you if you don’t love that person back the same way… Meg Cabot
It must come sometimes to 'jam to-day." Alice objected. "No it can't," said the Queen, "It's jam every other day: to-day isn't any other day, you know. Lewis Carroll
Spalding Gray quote: "And in this role (the Stage Manager) I could speak from my..."
And in this role (the Stage Manager) I could speak from my heart, you know!....provided I can memorize the lines. Spalding Gray
Stephen Hawking quote: "The human capacity for guilt is such that people can always..."
The human capacity for guilt is such that people can always find ways to blame themselves Stephen Hawking
If you live in an oppressive society, you've got to be resilient. You can't let each little thing crush you. You have take every encounter and make yourself larger, rather than allow yourself to be diminished by it. James Earl Jones
There is almost no country in Africa where it is not essential to know to which tribe, or which subgroup of which tribe, the president belongs. From this single piece of information you can trace the lines of patronage and allegiance that define the state. Christopher Hitchens
Viktor E. Frankl quote: "Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as..."
Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn. Viktor E. Frankl
Jerott’s eyes and Philippa’s met. ‘When I meet my friend,’ said Jerott Blyth carefully, ‘there is likely to be a detonation which will take the snow off Mont Blanc. I advise you to seek other auspices. Philippa, I think we should go down below.’ ‘To swim?’ said that unprepossessing child guilelessly. ‘I can stand on my head.’ ‘Oh, Christ,’ said Jerott morosely. ‘Why in hell did you come?’ The brown eyes within the damp, dun-coloured hair inspected him narrowly. ‘Because you need a... Dorothy Dunnett
Your green eye is a reducing chamber. If I look into it long enough, I wil become as small as my own reflection, I will diminish to a point and vanish. I will be drawn down into that black whirlpool and be consumed by you. I shall become so small you can keep me in one of your osier cages and mock my loss of liberty. Angela Carter
My writing, on the other hand, is always done with my readers in mind. I never write for my own amusement. I always try to put across an idea that I feel is important, in the most easily readable form I can manage. This has annoyed some of my academic colleagues, who feel that I am oversimplifying my subject, but I argue that at least my writings are widely read, while theirs stay firmly within the confines of their academic ivory towers. And I always work with one special rule in mind:... Desmond Morris
When people show you their boundaries ("I can't do this for you") you feel rejected...part of your struggle is to set boundaries to your own love. Only when you are able to set your own boundaries will you be able to acknowledge, respect and even be grateful for the boundaries of others. Henri Nouwen
Filling a need is not merely good business; it's a basic attitude towards life. If you see a need, do whatever you can to meet that need. George Foreman

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