"The course of a great statesman resembles that of navigable rivers, avoiding immovable obstacles with noble bends of concession, seeking the broad levels of opinion on which men soonest settle and longest dwell, following and marking the almost imperceptible slopes of national tendency, yet always aiming at direct advances, always recruited from sources nearer heaven, and sometimes bursting open paths of progress and fruitful human commerce through what seem the eternal barriers of both."

-- James Russell Lowell

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“When I was young, I thought it was normal to go to sleep to the sounds of sirens. People on my block were in the biggest gang in the city. They were my close friends - they showed me the ropes, who to watch out for.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Any theory is better than no theory.”

Source : Textbook of Medicine
“Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.”
“Seek not outside yourself, Heaven is within.”
“I try to reach out to my idols.”

Source : The OK! Magazine Interview, okmagazine.com. April 6, 2011.
“We've got the slowest 311 song ever, called 'Solar Flare,' which is a scathing political rap that [vocalist] S.A. [Martinez] puts over a really slow, heavy thing, And then there's also a really fast one called 'It's Getting OK Now,' which is [guitarist] Tim Mahoney channeling Dimebag Darrell [Abbott of Pantera].”

Source : "311's Don't Tread Walks In Footsteps Of Van Halen, Pantera" by Corey Moss, www.mtv.com. August 16, 2005.
“For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I mean balanced relationships, based on mutual respect and observation of each other's rights.”
“Reporters no longer ask for verification, thus they print charges no matter how outlandish they may seem, and once having done that, when the truth comes out, it's buried in the back page or never makes it on the air at all.”

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