"I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence."

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Source : Theodore Dreiser (1977). “Theodore Dreiser: a selection of uncollected prose”, Wayne State Univ Pr

Theodore Dreiser

#Love Quotes #Believe Quotes #Existence Quotes

“Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996.”
“They say, oh, letâ€™s have multiparty politics. Letâ€™s have different parties change and be in charge of the Government. Is it that simple? You vote in a Division Three government, not a Division One government, and the whole economy will just subside within three, four years. Finished.”
“There is a movement bubbling up that goes beyond cynicism and celebrates a new way of living, a generation that stops complaining about the church it sees and becomes the church it dreams of.”
“Hellboy is the first movie where both ends of the spectrum are combined”
“Don't let anyone ever make you feel you don't deserve what you want..”
“Prosperity consists in our ability to flourish as human beings - within the ecological limits of a finite planet. The challenge for our society is to create the conditions under which this is possible. It is the most urgent task of our times.”
“I don't know if it is a spiritual, physiological or psychological phenomenon, but I believe now more than ever that singing is a universal, built-in mechanism designed to cultivate empathy and compassion.”

Source : FaceBook post by Eric Whitacre from Nov 20, 2012
“I'm not at all an active feminist. On the contrary, I'm a bourgeois. I love family life, I love doing the same thing every day.”

Source : "'My generation doesn't need feminism': Former French first lady Carla Bruni says a woman's place is in the home" By Steve Nolan, www.dailymail.co.uk. November 26, 2012.

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