"We're all born with the greatest treasures we'll ever have in life. One of those treasures is your mind, another is your heart."

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Source : Susan Abulhawa (2010). “Mornings in Jenin”, p.107, Bloomsbury Publishing

Susan Abulhawa

#Heart Quotes #Mind Quotes #Treasure Quotes

“The most significant thing is public participation. That assures the Afghan public that our promises are not empty.”

Source : "Ashraf Ghani: U.S. Critical To Afghanistan's Future". "Morning Edition" with Scott Neuman, www.npr.org. March 22, 2015.
“I think of myself as a meat-and-potatoes kind of director.”
“Itâ€™s only when youâ€™ve lost someone that you realize the nonsense of that phrase â€œItâ€™s a small worldâ€. It isnâ€™t. Itâ€™s a vast, devouring world, especially if youâ€™re alone.”
“Everybody in Texas would tell me that they thought I was nuts trying to start Southwest Airlines. There probably weren't 10 people in the state who would have given a plug nickel for our chances of making a dollar. So sometimes, you need a little courage, too, just to buck popular opinion.”
“Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess, Some are and must be greater than the rest.”
“We are in a race between cooperation and catastrophe, and the threat is outrunning our response.”

Source : "Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction". Panel Discussion, www.belfercenter.org. June 27, 2005.
“A good father and a good outlaw can't settle inside the same man.”
“I mean, if we're regulating cigarettes and sex and cuss words, because of the effect they have on our younger generation, why aren't we regulating things like calling people fat?”

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