"My own perception is that there are two tiers of countries, one, the original ASEAN, and then the new members. The new members are in various stages of development."

-- S. R. Nathan

#Country Quotes #Two Quotes #Perception Quotes

“How much you love yourself and how you feel about yourself are directly proportionate to the quality and integrity of your word. When you are impeccable with your word, you feel good; you feel happy and at peace.”
“Suppose you came across a woman lying on the street with an elephant sitting on her chest. You notice she is short of breath. Shortness of breath can be a symptom of heart problems. In her case, the much more likely cause is the elephant on her chest. For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences. That is the elephant. Until the playing field has veen leveled and lingering stereotypes are gone, you can't even ask the question.”
“I don't differentiate between personal and professional work. Everything I do is personal.”
“For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm.”

Source : Edwin Way Teale (1987). “Circle of the seasons: the journal of a naturalist's year”, Olympic Marketing Corp
“What I tend to do is blend quantitative with the qualitative to allow me to plot the qualitative data in some way. It's a question of what quantitative data are most applicable. So I'm playing with that, merging the two.”
“Once when I looked up, I happened to see a sea eagle poised on magesterial wings above the knurled summit of the mountain behind my tent. It was a scene of peerless tranquility, tossed out in Nautre's devil-may-care way, which says: Just open your eyes, my friend, and I'll astonish you every minute of your life.”

Source : Lawrence Millman, Paul Theroux (2000). “Last Places: A Journey in the North”, p.147, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“People aren't often asked to make life or death decisions. There are no causes to die for. You can go through life never knowing which of your friends would really come through for you”

Source : Bella Pollen (2011). “Midnight Cactus”, p.320, Pan Macmillan
“I'm planning on how I want to tell my own story. I feel like my situation and my experiences are unique in some ways.”

Source : "From captivity to classroom". Interview with Christina Pazzanese, news.harvard.edu. September 12, 2016.

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