"Never having failed, I could not picture what failure meant."

-- Nellie Bly

“Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.”
“Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs rulers.”

Source : Fisher Ames (1835). “The influences of democracy on liberty, property, and the happiness of society, considered”, p.138
“During my travels in Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Europe and all over the United States, I have seen and heard the voices of people who want change. They want the stabilization of the economy, education and healthcare for all, renewable energy and an environmental vision with an eye on generations to come.”
“No idea will work if people don't trust your intentions toward them.”
“To think truly is noble and to be deceived is base.”
“Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.”
“Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there's an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill.”
“Of all the fires, love is the only inexhaustible one.”

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