"Solitude is the profoundest fact"

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Octavio Paz

#Solitude Quotes #Facts Quotes

“It's a power that I can't explain. As it flows and it grows and it shapes my faith. There've been hundreds of moments I can't deny. When it brushe against the fire or dwelt in the Fire of God.”
“Buy the ticket, take the ride.”
“Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression. The argument goes that, if people could see just how many of us there are, some in very important places, the negative stereotype would vanish overnight. ...It is far more realistic to suppose that, if the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive legislation of a sort that would shock even the pessimists among us.”
“Firepaw held the menacing amber gaze for few moments. Warrior and apprentice, for a heartbeat their eyes were locked as enemies.”
“It is not power that corrupts but fear.”

Source : Aung San Suu Kyi (1991). “Freedom from fear: and other writings”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
“I could hardly feel much confidence in a man who had never been imposed upon.”
“It's not really about asking for the raise but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along. And that, I think, might be one of the additional superpowers that, quite frankly, women who don't ask for raises have. Because that's good karma. It'll come back. Because somebody's going to know: 'That's the kind of person that I want to trust. That's the kind of person that I want to really give more responsibility to.'”

Source : "Microsoft CEO's Comments Reflect A Larger Workplace Problem". Interview with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. October 10, 2014.
“Really in all my years on Tour, in the U.S. Open I probably played great golf in two of them, out of maybe 20, so it's a lot of work.”

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