"To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite impossible."

-- Jan Morris

#Students Quotes #Impossible Quotes #Affair Quotes

“Socrates affirmed that only that which the reader already knows can be sparked by a reading, and that the knowledge cannot be acquired through dead letters.”
“The establishment can't admit [that] it is human rights violations that make ... countries attractive to business - so history has to be fudged, including denial of our support of regimes of terror and the practices that provide favorable climates of investment, and our destabilization of democracies that [don't] meet [the] standard of service to the transnational corporation.”
“This is the first step toward understanding the process of real, lasting change: simply knowing with certainty that you can do whatever you need to do. This understanding has a dual edge: On the one hand it increases your confidence and dignity. On the other hand, it places full responsibility on you if you fail to make the change you set out to make. But this is a good thing, not a guilt trip.”

Source : Bo Lozoff (2001). “It's a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes Practice”, p.41, Penguin
“Protection and patriotism are reciprocal.”
“Create an atmosphere for the Spirit. The Spirit must be present.”
“People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?”
“I never eat where the hotel recommends. I do my own research and then try the most highly rated options.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Critics of American colleges typically attribute the failings of undergraduate education to a tendency on the part of professors to neglect their teaching to concentrate on research. In fact, the evidence does not support this thesis, except perhaps in major research universities.”

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