"All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value."

-- Carl Sagan

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“It is hard to try and find a rhythm when you're only out there for short spurts, but it's fine,”
“'Jihad' can mean holy war to extremists, but it means struggle to the average Muslim.”
“Living well is a courageous act.”

Source : Alexandra Stoddard (2013). “Grace Notes”, p.26, Harper Collins
“My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.”
“The void in our society has been produced by the absence of values... we have no widespread belief in the value of participation. The rational system has made us fear standing out in any serious way.”

Source : John Ralston Saul (2013). “Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West”, p.584, Simon and Schuster
“One of the obstacles to recognizing chronic mistreatment in relationships is that most abusive men simply don't seem like abusers. They have many good qualities, including times of kindness, warmth, and humor, especially in the early period of a relationship. An abuser's friends may think the world of him. He may have a successful work life and have no problems with drugs or alcohol. He may simply not fit anyone's image of a cruel or intimidating person. So when a woman feels her relationship spinning out of control, it is unlikely to occur to her that her partner is an abuser.”
“I play a lot of charity golf mainly. I'm a bandit 18 if I play two or three times a week.”

Source : "Small Talk: Eric Bristow". Interview with Nick Harper, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2003.
“Humility is always one play away.”

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