"I had a Tourette's period. And obsessive compulsive disorder. Things would get in my brain that I couldn't get out of my brain."

-- Richard Ford

#Brain Quotes #Tourettes Quotes #Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Quotes

“Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters.”

Source : Archibald Rutledge, James A. Casada (1994). “America's Greatest Game Bird: Archibald Rutledge's Turkey Hunting Tales”, p.18, Univ of South Carolina Press
“God said this is our land, land in which we flourish as people... we want our cattle to get fat on our land so that our children grow up in prosperity; and we do not want the fat removed to feed others.”

Source : Jomo Kenyatta's Speech in Nyeri, Kenya, July 26, 1952.
“A lot of times naysayers are just people that have not taken the time yet.”
“It pleased God to make one nation the medium of all His communications with mankind: This the nation of the Jews has done to a considerable degree in all ages As civilization extended, they by one means or another became most wonderfully dispersed through all countries; and at this day they are almost literally everywhere, the most conspicuous, and in the eye of reason and religion, the most respectable nation on the face of the earth.”
“A few years ago, I thought, I'll never make it. I started to go to the doctor to help me lose weight.”
“Consistently, from the Hezbollah heartland, my message was that Hezbollah must stop this cowardly blending ... among women and children," . "I heard they were proud because they lost very few fighters and that it was the civilians bearing the brunt of this. I don't think anyone should be proud of having many more children and women dead than armed men.”
“It is characteristic of genius to be hopeful and aspiring.”

Source : Harriet Martineau (1837). “Society in America”, p.7
“Doing what's right today means no regrets tomorrow.”

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