"In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation."

-- Michael Lewis

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“Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children.”
“He picked up the wrench and broke the guyâ€™s wrist with it, one, and then the other wrist, two, and turned back and did the same to the guy who had held the hammer, three, four. The two men were somebodyâ€™s weapons, consciously deployed, and no soldier left an enemyâ€™s abandoned ordnance on the field in working order. The doctorâ€™s wife was watching from the cabin door, all kinds of terror in her face. "What?" Reacher asked her.”
“Iran's arms exports to the murderous Assad regime in Syria are of particular concern. As the Panel of Experts has concluded, Syria is now the central party to illicit Iranian arms transfers.”
“Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace: respect for diversity.”

Source : "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.
“If I could not smile, I think my situation would be even more serious.”
“She turned to Frizz. "So you understand the problem? You can't let Tally know about Radical Honesty. There's no telling what she'll do if she finds out you could ruin her plans." Frizz's eyebrows rose. "So let me get this straight, Aya-chan. You want me, a person who can't lie, to lie about the fact that I can't lie?" "We need another plan," Hiro said.”
“I had 12 years of classical music as a child, playing piano competitions as a teenager, playing in blues bands and rock 'n' roll bands, country and jazz bands. I played in about any situation.”
“Ye have no need to fight, stand ye still and see the salvation of the Lord.”

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