"What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend? What if you were the one, and you refused to say those simple words?"

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Source : FaceBook post by Richard Russo from Aug 02, 2012

Richard Russo

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“The more you lose, the more positive you have to become. When you're winning, you can ride players harder because their self-esteem is high. If you are losing and you try to be tough, you're asking for dissension.”
“I look at it as a challenge, ... I'm not going to put too much added pressure on myself. I want to play in the NHL, and after that [happens], I can worry about things beyond that.”
“I wish I could say everything in one word. I hate all the things that can happen between the beginning of a sentence and the end.”

Source : Leonard Cohen (2011). “The Favourite Game”, p.187, Emblem Editions
“It was a hard time for me to have a pure moment, to be present, to be here”
“There is a statement often repeated in the Church, and while it is not in one of the Standard Church Works, it is accepted as church doctrine, and this is: 'As man is, God once was; as God is, man may become.'”
“A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.”
“Grace keeps us from worrying because worry deals with the past, while grace deals with the present and future.”
“I regard large inherited wealth as a misfortune, which merely serves to dull men's faculties. A man who possesses great wealth should, therefore, allow only a small portion to descend to his relatives. Even if he has children, I consider it a mistake to hand over to them considerable sums of money beyond what is necessary for their education. To do so merely encourages laziness and impedes the healthy development of the individual's capacity to make an independent position for himself.”

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