"This is not our fight', the old man said. 'British or American, that is not the choice. You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the river Jordan. . . Look hard for your river Jordan, my child. You'll find it."

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Source : Laurie Halse Anderson (2010). “Chains”, p.167, Simon and Schuster

Laurie Halse Anderson

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“The personality susceptible to the dream of limitless freedom is a personality also prone, should the dream ever sour, to misanthropy and rage.”

Source : Jonathan Franzen (2010). “Freedom: A Novel”, p.445, Macmillan
“We're not anti-police... we're anti-police brutality.”

Source : "NYC Police Investigating Shooting Death by Police of Groom on His Wedding Day". www.foxnews.com. November 25, 2006.
“The American people have no idea they are paying the bill. Â They know that someone is stealing their hubcaps, but they think it is the greedy businessman who raises prices or the selfish laborer who demands higher wages or the unworthy farmer who demands too much for his crop or the wealthy foreigner who bids up our prices. Â They do not realize that these groups also are victimized by a monetary system which is constantly being eroded in value by and through the Federal Reserve System.”
“In short, killing the goose that lays the golden egg is a viable political strategy, so long as the goose does not die before the next election and no one traces the politiciansâ€™ fingerprints on the murder weapon.”
“I believe love opens people up.”

Source : "New Again: David Hare". Interview with Kathleen Tynan, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 29, 2015.
“Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it.”
“Our work begins where God's grace has laid the foundation; we are not to save souls, but to disciple them.”
“The 'Inside-Out' approach to personal and interpersonal effectiveness means to start first with self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self, with your paradigms, your character, and your motives. The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves recedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.”

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