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“Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.”
Source : Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1681, Library of Alexandria
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“We want for our children, as we want for ourselves, lives at home, at work and at play to be lives of joy and peace.”
Source : Betty Williams' Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1977.
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“To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were only capable of staying awake long enough to let the idea soak in.”
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“When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace.”
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“Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu.”
Source : Gerald Stanley Lee (1913). “Crowds: A Moving-picture of Democracy”
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“I love fashion, I'm actually a pretty talented seamstress, so I can make stuff for myself, but that's really time-consuming.”
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“My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.”
Source : FaceBook post by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts from Sep 17, 2013
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“I think as resources become more dear, we really need to consider population.”