"A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind."

-- Isaac Bashevis Singer

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“I just love Wisconsin. I'm a fourth-generation Wisconsinite,and my great grandparents were farmers. My grandfather delivered the mail. My mom was the first in her family to go to college. My dad started this business that becomes an international success. And I just believe very strongly in Wisconsin and who we are and the potential that this state has. And I'm really concerned about the direction that we're headed.”
“Who needs a smile when a tear's so full of love?”
“The main cause of failure is the inability to deal with self-doubt.”
“Love involves more than just feelings. It is also a way of behaving. When Sandy said, "My parents don't know how to love me," she was saying that they don't know how to behave in loving ways. If you were to ask Sandy's parents, or almost any other toxic parents, if they love their children, most of them would answer emphatically that they do. Yet, sadly, most of their children have always felt unloved. What toxic parents call "love" rarely translates into nourishing, comforting behavior.”
“My job now, as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to take this process forward, and that I'm determined to do, whatever old clippings you dig out and whatever old quotes you put before me.”
“If you can steal from your competition, then they deserve to lose it. If someone steals from you, then shame on you....you deserve it. Same goes for employees too.”
“We have now to fight for peace with the same courage and deter-mination as we fought against aggression.”

Source : Lal Bahadur Shastri (1966). “Shastri memorial souvenir”
“If you are lucky, you have your moment. But it is never more than a moment. You have to enjoy it while it lasts.”

Source : "Julian Fellowes: 'If you are lucky you have your moment'". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. December 17, 2011.

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