"It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation . . . . Our interest will be to throw open the doors of commerce, and to knock off all its shackles, giving perfect freedom to all persons for the vent to whatever they may choose to bring into our ports, and asking the same in theirs."

-- Thomas Jefferson

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“Sometimes you just have to let people escape with their good intentions intact.”
“Weakness, like not being able to bury the past. Weakness, like not giving up hope when you know you should.”
“My recollections of Armenia open new visions for me. My art is therefore a growth art where forms, pines, shapes, memories of Armenia germinate, breathe, expand and contract, multiply and thereby create new paths for exploration.”
“People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a mother from Alabama who was singing opera and went to Europe, met my dad, fell in love, and then moved back to Rome, where I was raised, between Rome and Hamburg.”

Source : Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. October 7, 2011.
“The community must assume responsibility for each child within its confines. Not one must be neglected whatever his condition. The community must see that every child gets the advantages and opportunities which are due him as a citizen and as a human being.”
“Love feels like a great misfortune, a monstrous parasite, a permanent state of emergency that ruins all small pleasures.”
“It's hard to see clearly when your eyes are squinched tight out of fear.”

Source : Deb Caletti (2013). “The Story of Us”, p.363, Simon and Schuster
“Jesus will judge us not only for what we did, but also for what we could have done and didn't.”

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