"When we are open to ourselves and our own experience, and therefore, open to the world, then the world can respond."

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Source : Source: www.psychologytoday.com

Roger Housden

“At only 20 years old I got married. I was still a kid myself, but in those times, if you got someone pregnant, you had no choice but to get married. So I left school and the only thing I could do was sing.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.”

Source : David Gerrold, Mike Resnick (2011). “Alternative Gerrolds: An Assortment of Ficitious Lives”, p.241, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Cultural differences should not separate us from each other, but rather cultural diversity brings a collective strength that can benefit all of humanity." Also: "Intercultural dialogue is the best guarantee of a more peaceful, just and sustainable world.”
“I dont want someone else to go through and live through the life that I have had to live through in terms of the challenges that I face.”

Source : "Paralyzed Rep. to Showcase Gun Victims at State of the Union" by John Parkinson, abcnews.go.com. February 12, 2013.
“The unknown is the governing principle of war.”
“Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets.”
“The music I actually listen to sounds nothing like my own!”
“Humans are upsetting a fragile balance that their own human ancestors established.”

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