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“It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one.”
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“I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still a work in progress.”
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“I've had the same friends I've always had. I mean, I've lost a few over the years.”
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“When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'”
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“You know, when a president is about to leave office, most of the time most people are dying for him to go on and get out of there. But there are a few little rituals that have to be observed. One of them is that the president must host the incoming president in the White House, smile as if they love each other and give the American people the idea that democracy is peaceful and honourable and there will be a good transfer of power”
Source : Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy (2012). “The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity”, p.502, Simon and Schuster
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“It is difficult to generalize about Islam. To begin with, the word itself is commonly used with two related but distinct meanings, as the equivalents both of Christianity, and Christendom. In the one sense, it denotes a religion, as system of beliefs and worship; in the other, the civilization that grew up and flourished under the aegis of that religion. The word Islam thus denotes more than fourteen centuries of history, a billion and a third people, and a religious and cultural tradition of enormous diversity.”
Source : Bernard Lewis (2003). “The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror”, p.3, Modern Library
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“Genius flames and dies, but amiable competence can live forever.”
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“A surefire method of setting up regular communication with your kids is to get a job in an office which discourages personal phone calls. Your kids will then call you every hour on the hour.”
Source : Teresa Bloomingdale (1983). “Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by)”, Macmillan Reference USA
