"It's important for me to fight for principles. But I am not willing to cope with the nastiness of politics anymore and the endless destructive confrontations that it leads to."

-- Ingrid Betancourt

#Fighting Quotes #Important Quotes #Principles Quotes

“I need a spiritual connection - I can make changes, but I can't make miracles - and I need people around me who'll support me and believe in me and tell me the truth and not let me deceive myself into avoiding the what's scary and hard and necessary.”

Source : "The Wonders of ‘Prep Week’" by Victoria Moran, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 28, 2011.
“Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation.”
“Final-offer arbitration should have great appeal for the daring (the risk seekers) who play against the timid (the risk avoiders).”

Source : Howard Raiffa (1982). “The Art and Science of Negotiation”, p.118, Harvard University Press
“No amount of study or learning will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one.”
“I still think it would be a great mistake to go into a war without support of our friends and allies.”
“A true believer does not fear physical death, rather he fears the death of his heart”
“Uggs. I think they're ugly. And I think big sunglasses are kind of overrated. I like big sunglasses but not those huge, round ones.”
“Use it or lose it is a cliche because it's true.”

Source : "Stone me!". Interview with Jon Savage, www.theguardian.com. August 9, 2008.

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