"What I know is you can't go back. You can't press delete and re-key your life."

-- Julie Anne Peters

“Nothing remains intact without effort. Repetition of formulas does not assure the transmission of thought. It is not safe to entrust a doctrinal treasure to the passivity of memory. Intelligence must play a part in its conservation, rediscovering it, so to speak, in the process.”

Source : Henri de Lubac (1987). “Paradoxes of Faith”, p.23, Ignatius Press
“People don't speak of hunger when they know what it is to be hungry.”
“Iâ€™m just confusing the thrill of being young with the notion that the era in which I was young was in any way especially creative or remarkable.”
“It's a failure only if you don't get anything out of it, Thomas Edison said he knew 999 ways that a light bulb did not work; yet we have lights today.”
“Two things can get people to make efforts: if people want to get something, or if they want to get rid of something. Only, in ordinary conditions, without knowledge , people do not know what they can get rid of or what they can gain.”
“Money can be more of a barrier between people than language or race or religion.”

Source : Vera Caspary (1964). “A chosen sparrow”
“We must not constantly talk about tackling obesity and warning people about the negative consequences of obesity. Instead we must be positive - positive about the fun and benefits to be had from healthy living, trying to get rid of people's excuses for being obese by tackling the issue in a positive way.”

Source : "No excuses for being fat, Tories insist as they launch new deal on public health" by Deborah Summers, www.theguardian.com. August 26, 2008.
“Like all Israelis, I yearn for peace. I see the utmost importance in taking all possible steps that will lead to a solution of the conflict with the Palestinians.”

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