"I am aware of the responsibility I am taking on as the chancellor. Things have developed very quickly for me in recent years, but they didn't happen from one day to the next. I have more than six years of experience in government. I took the decision to run as a candidate very seriously. In May, I decided to change the Austrian People's Party and to start a broad-based movement aimed at changing this country for the better."

-- Sebastian Kurz

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“Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.”
“You can't be somebody that you're not, because all of you shows up.”
“An axe at home saves hiring a carpenter.”
“There is unusual power in united prayer. God has planned for His people to join together in prayer, not only for Christian fellowship, spiritual nurture, and growth, but also for accomplishing His divine purposes and reaching His chosen goals.”

Source : Wesley L. Duewel (1990). “Mighty Prevailing Prayer”, p.123, Zondervan
“I feel with ELP that I wasn't making the most of my life and I wasn't making the most of my creativity. I was marking time. I don't want to do that. Life is to short.”
“My grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her home town .. a German soldier shot her dead in her bed. â€œMy grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian grandmothers in Gaza. The present Israeli government ruthlessly and cynically exploits the continuing guilt from gentiles over the slaughter of Jews in the Holocaust as justification for their murder of Palestinians.”

Source : "Commons debate on Gaza - live" by Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2009.
“In a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us step inside to the warmth and light of a community.”
“You have set standards for how you want to be treated and what you expect from yourself and for yourself.”

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