"Something that comes to us, some gym shoe that comes to us as a result of child labor from a brutal dictatorship, where people do not have basic freedoms, it wouldn't bug me to tax the living Dickens out of that thing or even to forbid its importation whatsoever. But that's a moral question, not an economic question."

-- P. J. O'Rourke

#Children Quotes #Shoes Quotes #People Quotes

“I didn't allow failure to break my heart. So I wouldn't allow success to bloat my head.”
“Whatever we accomplish is due to the combined effort.”
“When it came night, the white waves paced to and fro in the moonlight, and the wind brought the sound of the great sea's voice to the men on shore, and they felt that they could then be interpreters.”
“I come from an improvisational background so I'm used to playing. I'm used to not knowing what exactly is going to come out.”
“It always amazes me how many women like dangerous men. Men who almost from the moment you meet them, you know are bad news. Me, I prefer my men kinder, gentler, nice. Niceness is highly underrated by most people.”
“It's very clear, under anyone's scenario, that it's a massive, extensive undertaking regardless of where you might ultimately draw the line as to when the nuisance is abated.”
“If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new' Constitution, we should not look principally for good lawyers. We should look to people who agree with us. When we are in that mode, you realize we have rendered the Constitution useless.”
“Be encouraged to be an encourager. It's a spiritual art that everyone can learn. And mostly you learn by practicing it.”

Source : Jill Briscoe (2009). “Spiritual Arts: Mastering the Disciplines for a Rich Spiritual Life”, p.32, Zondervan

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