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“How will decent people in the region ever believe in peace if Arab terrorists interpret every gesture of peace as a display of weakness and then act accordingly?”
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“Understanding comes hard to persons of high rank who are accustomed to phony lifestyles that involve no daily work.”
Source : "A Personal Matter". Book by by Kenzaburo Oe, 1964.
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“We talkin' about practice?”
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“Both trials are marred with injustice, both are flawed.”
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“With Scratch, we want to let kids to be the creators. We want them to create interesting, dynamic things on the computer.”
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“No substance in nature, as far as yet known, has, when it reaches the brain, such power to induce mental and moral changes of a disastrous character as alcohol. Its transforming power is marvelous, and often appalling. It seems to open a way of entrance into the soul for all classes of foolish, insane or malignant spirits, who, so long as it remains in contact with the brain, are able to hold possession.”
Source : "Grappling with the Monster; Or, The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink" by Timothy Shay Arthur, (Ch. 4), 1877.
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“Suicide rates have not slumped under the onslaught of antidepressants, mood-stabilizers, anxiolytic and anti-psychotic drugs; the jump in suicide rates suggests that the opposite is true. In some cases, suicide risk skyrockets once treatment begins (the patient may feel not only penalized for a justifiable reaction, but permanently stigmatized as malfunctioning). Studies show that self-loathing sharply decreases only in the course of cognitive-behavioral treatment.”
Source : Antonella Gambotto-Burke (2013). “The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide”, p.15, Antonella Gambotto-Burke
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“I have to tell you I enjoy Jon Stewart. That's the truth. I actually think he's very funny. I've paid to see him do his stand-up routine.”
