"Finding happiness is not as simple as having good friends or a full social life. The crunch issue is our ability, or inability, to find within ourselves a sense of meaning or deeper purpose, something not found in everyday life."

-- Mark Vernon

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“The closet exists because people don't talk about it, so that people going into political careers make a calculation early on. They say to themselves, "well, the closet is under the radar, I can do this."”

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“I'm often asked what I think about the faith of the President George W. Bush. I think it is sincere. I think it's very real. I think it's deeply held.”
“When you look at athletes, they have fundamentals.”
“Proverbs are, for the most part, rules of morals, and as such are often effective.”
“I never wish for critics.”
“In the '70s and '80s, the mentality of America was that everything was disposable. The notion of quality wasn't important.”
“Just because you're starting from something which you know - a theory which you know is right and trying to further develop your understand of that theory is maybe a more fruitful thing to do than trying to just throw all that out and start afresh with something more speculative.”
“We design our lives through the power of our choices. We feel most helpless when we've made choices by default, when we haven't designed our lives on our own.”

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