"You can be special without being extraordinary."

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Source : Nancy Werlin (2011). “Extraordinary”, p.145, Penguin

Nancy Werlin

#Special Quotes #Extraordinary Quotes

“You have to find a mother inside yourself. We all do. Even if we already have a mother, we still have to find this part of ourselves inside”
“The trip to Iraq confirmed that I made the right decision when I voted against lending Iraq the $18 billion the United States plans to use to help rebuild the country.”
“Let us say "Yes" to life and not death. Let us say "Yes" to freedom and not enslavement to the many idols of our time. In a word, let us say "Yes" to the God who is love, life and freedom, and who never disappoints.”
“Young man, nature is not frightening, it's people who are frightening! You just need to get to know nature and it will become friendly. This creature known as man is of course highly intelligent, he's capable of manufacturing almost anything from rumours to test-tube babies and yet he destroys two to three species every day. This is the absurdity of man.”
“Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not.”

Source : Isaiah Berlin (2013). “The Crooked Timber of Humanity: Chapters in the History of Ideas”, p.2, Princeton University Press
“Well, the infrastructure part of the stimulus has worked. There's absolutely no question about it. We can demonstrate in Pennsylvania and other states around the union how it's produced good, paying jobs both on the construction sites and back in American factories. It has worked.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. August 1, 2010.
“Whatever sphere of the human mind you may select for your special study, whether it be language, or religion, or mythology, or philosophy, whether it be laws or customs, primitive art or primitive science, everywhere, you have to go to India, whether you like it or not, because some of the most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India, and in India only.”

Source : Max Muller (1999). “India: What Can it Teach Us?”, p.33, Book Tree
“I ain't never found no place for me to fit. Seem like all I do is start over. It ain't nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find yourself.”

Source : August Wilson (1988). “Joe Turner's Come and Gone”

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