"On the day I became Soviet leader, in March 1985, I had a special meeting with the leaders of the Warsaw Pact countries and told them: 'You are independent, and we are independent. You are responsible for your policies, we are responsible for ours. We will not intervene in your affairs, I promise you.'"

-- Mikhail Gorbachev

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“I was still hesitant to let myself let go, because I still believed in the fragility of happiness.”

Source : Ishmael Beah (2007). “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier”, p.173, Macmillan
“I just work out hard enough that, if I'm craving something, I eat it and know I'm going to burn it off the next day with extra intensity”
“My schedule can be hectic, so I'm always trying to find time to see my friends and family.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think the word 'pregnant' is funny.”
“If you are flattering a woman, it pays to be a little more subtle. You don't have to bother with men, they believe any compliment automatically.”

Source : Alan Ayckbourn (1988). “The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays”, p.199, Grove Press
“There's a lot of unexpected things. Wonderful things, tough things, but there's always somebody just ready to pitch in. That's probably the heaviest thing, the constant amount of support because it makes you just want to do even better. It makes you want to do stuff for the fans, makes you want to do stuff for the people on the show. I love it.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“One reason nearly half my books are for children is the glorious fact that the minds of children are still open to the living word; in the child, nightside and sunside are not yet separated; fantasy contains truths which cannot be stated in terms of proof.”
“All human beings go through a previous life... Who knows how many fleshly forms the heir of heaven occupies before he can be brought to understand the value of that silence and solitude of spiritual worlds?”

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