"A lack of affiliation may mean a lack of accountability, and forming a sense of commitment can be hard without a sense of community. Displacement can encourage the wrong kinds of distance, and if the nationalism we see sparking up around the globe arises from too narrow and fixed a sense of loyalty, the internationalism that's coming to birth may reflect too roaming and undefined a sense of belonging."

-- Pico Iyer

#Loyalty Quotes #Distance Quotes #Mean Quotes

“When you go out on the mound and you're confident in your body, you feel you can do anything.”
“Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.”
“In the case of some people, not even if we had the most accurate scientific knowledge, would it be easy to persuade them were we to address them through the medium of that knowledge; for a scientific discourse, it is the privilege of education to appreciate, and it is impossible that this should extend to the multitude.”
“Cars will soon have the Internet on the dashboard. I worry that this will distract me from my texting.”
“Just as it takes work to be in a relationship, so it takes work to not be in a relationship.”

Source : "Kate Hudson Talks Engagement On ‘The Late Show’" By Ashley Reich, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 28, 2011.
“I draw strength from spirit, from the divine light. I draw strength from the love my sister and I have for each other, from my nieces, Christina and Isabella, and the true friendships I have in my life that are based in being real with each other and mutual love and support.”

Source : Interview with Gina Murdock, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“The truth hurts like a thorn at first; but in the end it blossoms like a rose....”
“But in any case, I did poorly on the tests and so, in the first three years of school, I had teachers who thought I was stupid and when people think you're stupid, they have low expectations for you.”

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