"Heroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal."

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Source : "Irena Sendlerowa: Warsaw social worker who rescued thousands from the Jewish ghetto". Rupert Cornwell, The Independent, May 14, 2008.

Irena Sendler

#Inspirational Life Quotes #Hero Quotes #Normal Quotes

“What I am trying to teach is that when we keep the temple covenants we have made and when we live righteously in order to maintain the blessings promised by those ordinances, then come what may, we have no reason to worry or to feel despondent.”
“For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.”
“I married someone 30 years older than me, a doctor, a playboy who had a terrible Don Juan reputation.”

Source : "The eternal mistress". Interview with Angelique Chrisafis, www.theguardian.com. January 11, 2008.
“When the heart becomes empty, the mimbar of the Divine Oneness is placed therein and the sultan of gnosis sits upon it.”
“The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story...”
“For me what was amazing was consumerism of people survived after Katrina. You see in a yard that the SUV is gone but they left the Ferrari or the more expensive car because it just wasn't practical. They couldn't get all their stuff in it. So you see this beautiful car totally destroyed; motorcycles. You walk into these houses - we were with the New Orleans police when they would go into the houses - we'd go through these houses and we were just amazed at how much stuff that had been accumulated and how much was left behind.”
“The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history thats least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970.”
“I could do without many things with no hardship-you are not one of them.”

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