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“The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them”
“If youâ€™re reading to find friends, youâ€™re in deep trouble. We read to find life, in all its possibilities. The relevant question isnâ€™t â€˜Is this a potential friend for me?â€™ but â€˜Is this character alive?'”
“I was born into a working class Irish Catholic family at the brutal bottom of the Great Depression. I suppose this early imprinting and conditioning made me a life-long radical. My education was mostly scientific, majoring in electrical engineering and applied math. Those imprints made me a life-long rationalist. I have become increasingly skeptical about, or detached from, the assumption that radicalism and rationalism are the only correct perspectives with which to view life, but they remain my favorite perspectives.”
“Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest.”
“The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers: Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa â€” not often coupled with each other, but the two people I turn to most to basically deliver a simple point, which is, you're going to make choices; you're going to challenge; you're going to say, 'Why not?'; you're going to figure out how to do things that have never been done before.”

Source : "The Radical Truth About Anita Dunn". "The Glenn Beck Show", www.foxnews.com. October 18, 2009.
“Seek the opportunity to act on your ideas and dreams.”
“My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I didn't even consider film and television when I was in New York, but what came along, came along.”

Source : Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. December 20, 2007.
“[The church's] job is to provide permanent solace and spiritual leadership to the people as a whole, whatever their government at the moment, so long as it stays within the bounds of moral decency.”

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