"It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be."

-- Nolan Ryan

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“I am generally cast as the dependable, affable, loving, friend-wife-girlfriend.”
“I have learned there is a gift wrapped inside of every adversity and, if you have faith and hope, you can lose everything and still survive.”
“Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.”
“If Islam was to be saved, it would be saved by the crazy ones.”

Source : Michael Muhammad Knight (2004). “The Taqwacores”, p.38, Autonomedia
“Philosophy, art, and science are not the mental objects of an objectified brain but the three aspects under which the brain becomes subject.”
“After that, we had a short conversation about how your body can sometimes seem totally separate. She said her body can feel like a distant bureaucracy controlled by telegrams from her brain, and I said my body is sometimes like that of Mario Mario, being controlled with a Nintendo joypad. Mario's surname is Mario.”
“What you're seeing is a loss of confidence in institutions and their legitimacy because they are not seen as delivering. It's hardly a surprise that it's producing a degree of paralysis. Politics becomes very reactive and it's hard to deal with the bigger issues.”
“I am at a crossroads; I have always been against armed opposition... I have chosen civil disobedience. But I will apologize to my people if there are funerals coming out of prisons. I will criticize myself and I won't be the mayor of Diyarbakir.”

Source : "After the Hunger Strike" by Jenna Krajeski, www.newyorker.com. November 27, 2012.

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