"We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only one shot to get it right in concert. It was hard the first time I practiced with them. I was so nervous that my vocal chords were paralyzed for about a half-hour."

-- Amy Tan

#People Quotes #Half Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else.”

Source : Joseph Butler (2012). “Five Sermons”, p.31, Simon and Schuster
“Reality trumps rationality.”
“There are two things that Jack Bauer never does. Show mercy, and go to the bathroom.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In particular, the emerging call from our nation's evangelicals to protect God's creation is substantial”
“I made the decision long ago that to be afraid would be to diminish my life.”
“Without changing our pattern of thought, we will not be able to solve the problems we created with our current patterns of thought”
“One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.”
“We dance to reclaim our brilliant ability to disappear in something bigger, something safe, a space without a critic or a judge or an analyst.”

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