"Independence is never given to a people, it has to be earned; and, once earned, must be defended."

-- Chaim Weizmann

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“We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world where nothing is perfect, be among the most strangely exquisite forms of happiness. The supreme happiness in life is the assurance of being loved; of being loved for oneself, even in spite of oneself; and this assurance the blind man possesses. In his affliction, to be served is to be caressed. Does he lack anything? no. Possessing love he is not deprived of light. A love, moreover, that is wholly pure. There can be no blindness where there is this certainty.”
“France isn't burkinis on the beach. France is Brigitte Bardot. That's France.”

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“It is so cool to have a fanbase that has been so involved since the casting process.”

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“Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens.”
“Certain things I remember exactly as they were. They are merely discolored a bit by time, like coins in the pocket of a forgotten suit. Most of the details, though, have long since been transformed or rearranged to bring others of them forward. Some, in fact, are obviously counterfeit; they are no less important. One alters the past to form the future.”

Source : James Salter (1995). “A Sport and a Pastime”
“Humor is a great defense, and an offense too. Usually the recipient isn't too happy about it, but the people around are laughing.”
“The Divinity could be invoked as well in the English language as in the French.”
“Not only when one does meditation one is getting into a different realm, cognitively, but if you look at the imaging that's done on people when they're meditating, they indeed are entering a different portion of the brain which is activated.”

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