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“You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job? Get one. Any job. Don't sit at home waiting for the magical opportunity. Who are you? Prince William? No. Get a job. Go to work. Do something until you can do something else.”
Source : Shonda Rhimes’s Commencement Address at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, www.vulture.com. June 9, 2014. 
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“A draw may be the beautiful and logical result of fine attacks and parries; and the public ought to appreciate such games, in contrast, of course, to the fear-and-laziness draws.”
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“Homosexuals die decades younger than heterosexuals, from a host of maladies. They suffer mental problems ranging from depression to psychosis, and have suicide rates many times that of heterosexuals.”
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“Over the years, our political system has degenerated to the extent that it is difficult for anyone to make any headway yet keep his hands clean.”
Source : "Protests Mar Key Speech by Filipino President". "Morning Edition" with Michael Sullivan, www.npr.org. July 26, 2005.
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“It is not what we do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through us. God doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience. The Kingdom of God is a kingdom of paradox, where through the ugly defeat of a cross, a holy God is utterly glorified. Victory comes through defeat; healing through brokenness; finding self through losing self.”
Source : Charles Colson (1997). “Loving God”, p.25, Zondervan
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“Communism has failed; capitalism has failed; common sense has failed; now has to fail stupidity.”
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“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.”
Source : Quoted in Cleveland Plain Dealer, 27 Oct. 1993
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“Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or maybe I will write a mystery story.”
