"Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior."

-- Georg Brandes

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“I'm going to tell you a secret. Our lives are shaped by the future, not by the past. Once you decide how you want your life to be, all you need to do is live into that future.”

Source : Wendy Mass (2008). “Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall”, p.151, Hachette UK
“I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in anything else, where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.”
“We need to talk more openly about mentorships and sponsorships. Women don't get the mentoring, and particularly the sponsors, they need to succeed as much as men.”
“The idea of taking what people call the 'entertainment culture' as a focus of study, including historical perspective, is not a bad idea.”
“Whether fuel cell system development in central Oregon, wind power generation along the Columbia Gorge, or geothermal energy in southern Oregon, investing in new energy sources makes America more energy independent while creating good paying, environmentally friendly jobs.”
“What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.”
“At a lecture I am asked to pronounce my name three times. I try to be slow and emphatic, "AnaÃ¯s AnaÃ¯s AnaÃ¯s. You just say "Anna" and then add "ees," with the accent on the "ees.”
“I want to know a lot of things I don't already know -especially as the things I do know, if written down, do not have the permanence I want in my mind.”

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