"Everything in life has some good in it. And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more--it's sad, but that's the truth."

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Source : Jennifer Echols (2012). “Such A Rush”, p.139, Simon and Schuster

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#Awful Quotes #Standing Out Quotes #Goodness Quotes

“I've been dancing all my life, but I never did it seriously.”
“Catastrophe was only narrowly averted. It was all due to the faith of one man! Yes, you who called us godless, we found our faith in Adolf Hitler, and through him found God once again. That is the greatness of our day, that is our good fortune!”

Source : "Fate — I believe!". Speech on November 03, 1936. "Wir alle helfen dem Führer". Book by Robert Ley, pp. 103-114, research.calvin.edu. 1937.
“Every ship should have a cat.”
“Planes are my foxhole. I'm always on my knees in them.”
“Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.”
“I'm sorry you're angry is not an apology.”

Source : Lisa Lutz (2010). “Revenge of the Spellmans: Document #3”, p.295, Simon and Schuster
“Freedom means more than just struggling to survive.”
“But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director. Whether I'm French or Australian or whatever, it's really not important.”

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