"In Othello, Othello kills Desdemona, but no one reads that play as a model for their own behavior. In Lou Reed's case, you're listening to a song, and in my case you're reading about a life. Like Lou, I trust my audience to make their own moral determinations."

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Anthony DeCurtis

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“Sometimes you have to go up really high to see how small you are.”

Source : "Skydiver Baumgartner lands safely on Earth after supersonic record" by Dominic Rushe, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2012.
“God never promises exemption. He does promise companionship, which is better. He does not promise do deliver you or me or any other individual from pain, sorrow, or economic disaster, but He does give assurance the He will help us through and that there will be compensations. "I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you." These are the words of Jesus.”
“A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. p. 871-82, letter (1791), 1922.
“Every runner has a specific motivation and inspiration for running a marathon. This year, all 36,000 of us will 'run together' to demonstrate the spirit of the marathon. We will still have our individual motivations, but we will be unified under the Boston Strong umbrella.”
“The key to change is to let go of fear.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think I was pretty much hated in France. The French press ignored me. There was a movement when the children of celebrities faced strong animosity.”
“Goodness can endure a few moments; holiness is life-defining.”
“Most people think that Christianity is spelled DO: they look at the Bible or the life of Christ, and they simply try hard to live like Jesus. Christianity is really spelled DONE: it is what Christ has done that enables us to live a life of obedience.30”

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