"The state, for a long period of time, has been undergoing a wrenching economic transformation. The reality is much grimmer than in other states."

-- Herb Asher

#Reality Quotes #Long Quotes #Transformation Quotes

“The learner should be actively involved in the learning process.”
“In handling resources, strive to avoid disaster rather than to attain an optimum.”
“This as hard an R as we wrote in the beginning. It was fast. It was fast mainly because of De Luca. We came in with De Luca. Nic I think had a deal with Millennium and so we ended up with Millennium quickly and they said, 'Go make the movie that you want to make. Basically, here are the ground rules; stay within the budget, stay within the time and go make your movie.'”
“There are people who say, 'Oh every time Catholics make the sign of the cross they re-crucify Christ.' Look, that's what comes under the theological classification of happy horse manure! That's bologna, absolute bologna! They don't know anything about our religion, and I don't purport to know anything about theirs. I respect theirs, respect ours. When we make the sign of the cross, we are simply making a statement of faith. I believe in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and I believe in the sign of the cross, because that is the sign of our salvation!”
“It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that make us who we are? Do we understand the factors that make us do the things we do?”
“If by the expression "not practical" you mean "not easy," you are right. Definitely it is not easy. Yet it should be tried. You may say it is risky trying it. Surely it cannot be more risky than trying a nuclear war.”

Source : Walpola Rahula (2014). “What the Buddha Taught”, p.86, Oneworld Publications
“Post-â€‹wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language spoken in several dialects: sarcastic, jaded, opaque; cool and clever. They guard against those moments when melodrama or self-â€‹pity might split their careful seams of intellect, expose the shame of self-â€‹absorption without self-â€‹awareness.”
“Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran ... in one shot on his website he appears to be dressed only in flowers. Oh - here's the page, you'll see what I mean.”

Source : "Woody" by Eddie Mair, www.bbc.co.uk. August 22, 2006.

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