"For me, the moral difficulties lie in the continual pressure brought to bear on my friends and immediate family, pressure which is not directed against me personally but which at the same time is all around me."

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Source : "Andrei Sakharov/ Biographical". www.nobelprize.org.

Andrei Sakharov

#Lying Quotes #Pressure Quotes #Bears Quotes

“Coming to Haramara is like coming home. My body returns to the earth, my mind mesmerized by the rhythms of the ocean and my spirit flies in this magical place. Yoga is a way of life and Haramara Retreat is where we can re-educate ourselves to live in balance.”
“Why should he be spared?' 'Someone ought to be.' And it will not be me. I have survived, but I have not been spared.”
“I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I don't suppose I could have given a logical reason for it ever becoming possible to do so.”
“The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.”
“The moon has become a dancer at this festival of LOVE.”
“There are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free fall forever inside their head. It's a spooky thing to be left alone inside an angry innerverse.”

Source : James St. James (2003). “Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland”, p.85, Simon and Schuster
“When we started Skype, if you look at analyst reports, no one forecasted it as a big business. Also when Google started, it was not fashionable to be in search. It's not trying to do the obvious - that's the hard part.”
“Material wealth is either a window through which we see God or a mirror in which we see ourselves.”

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