"It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in general."

-- Charles Horton Cooley

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“I'm pretty normal. Tthe type of day I love is just like everybody else's. I'm like everybody else.”
“I would rather my descendants have greater abilities and a greater knowledge of the love of Christ than I do, much like standing on one's shoulders in order to get a clearer view of the valley.”
“Some have argued that the President is required to get permission from a federal court before taking action against a United States citizen who is a senior operational leader of al Qaeda or associated forces. This is simply not accurate. 'Due process' and 'judicial process' are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security. The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.”

Source : Address at Northwestern University Law School, delivered 5 March 2012, Chicago, IL
“The MD is well aware that the forecasts are no good but he needs them for planning purposes ...”
“I'm often asked the same question: What in your work comes from your own culture? As if I have a recipe and I can actually isolate the Arab ingredient, the woman ingredient, the Palestinian ingredient. People often expect tidy definitions of otherness, as if identity is something fixed and easily definable.”
“I had a meal in Pizza Hut and the waitress told me I didn't need to pay. So I decided to be a bit cheeky and ask for more pizza and garlic bread.”
“We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.”

Source : "The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are". Book by Brené Brown, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 27, 2010.
“Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour could make all the difference.”

Source : Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.221, Penguin

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