"Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion."

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Source : Song: Glad Tidings, Album: Moondance

Van Morrison

#Politics Quotes #Persuasion Quotes #Halfway Quotes

“It is not how much you know about life but how you live your life that counts. Those who can avoid mistakes by observing the mistakes of others are most apt to keep free from sorrow. In a world full of uncertainties, the record of what has gone before-human experience-is as sure and reliable as anything of which we know.”

Source : Ray Lyman Wilbur (1940). “Human Hopes: Addresses & Papers on Education, Citizenship, & Social Porblems”
“If the only thing that you want to do is make money - if that's your whole motivation - I think you're lying to yourself. If the only motivation you have is to make money and make it, what's making it? Oh, you get a yacht or an island. Well, you're going to need someone to be on that island. You're going to need people, one way or another.”
“When held up to the window pane, What fixed my baby stare? The glory of the glittering rain, And newness everywhere.”
“You have a responsibility for the way you make the audience feel, and I want them to feel uncomfortable.”

Source : "The Curious Case of David Fincher". Interview with Brian Mockenhaupt, www.esquire.com. March 1, 2007.
“If you're going to while away the years, it's far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive then in a fog, and I believe #â€Ž running helps you to do that. Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life,”
“I never know what my next thing is going to be, and I'm not out there specifically searching for one thing in particular. I'm just looking for something that's new and different. It could be a drama or a comedy, I just want to challenge myself and work with people that inspire me.”
“Iran has a dismal record on human rights.”
“There is no distress so complete but that even in the most critical moments the inexplicable sunrise of hope is seen in its depths.”

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