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“When you leave good people afraid to speak on behalf of justice, however awkwardly or insensitively, those unafraid to speak will rise to power.”
Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org
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“This is our challenge at the beginning of the twenty-first century - we need to find the courage to see our own spiritual yearnings in the biggest possible context, in such a way that is going to compel us to finally transcend our self-concern. We need to find the heart to come together in such a way that will enable us to face the challenges before us. And to do this, we need a new spirituality. We need a new enlightenment.”
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“What we once fling away never comes again to us.”
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“I don't want my tombstone to say actress. I want it to say human being.”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“We say grace and we say Amen. If you ain't into that, we don't give a damn.”
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“For rarely man escapes his destiny. [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]”
Source : "Orlando Furioso" by Ludovico Ariosto, (XVIII. 58), 1516.
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“No matter what is happening in our lives, we choose how we wish to think about it. And the greatest gift we give ourselves is often our willingness to change our minds. Despite what might seem to be the saddest and most intractable situation, we have the power to believe that something else is possible, that things can change, that a miracle can happen.”
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“One misconception is that if we follow God in the life of faith, and that means obedience - that we read His Word, we're obedient, we pray, we go to church, we do the right things - that somehow His blessing means we're going to be okay.”
