"If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience."

-- Dalai Lama

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“Weeds are out most successful cultivated crop.”
“Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over.”

Source : "Welcome to Euroland" by Alex Brummer, Mark Milner, Martin Walker, www.theguardian.com. January 1, 1999.
“I would love to meet Kelly Clarkson and if I get the chance to I would tell her thank you so much for the inspiration.”
“True love is a process. True love requires personal action.”
“I made the flames lick the surface of the painting in such a way that is recorded the spontaneous traces of the fire. But what is it that provokes in me this pursuit of the impression of fire? Why must I search for its traces?”
“I love costumes. I love getting dressed up because it really helps my imagination make the leap to believe that I am who I say I am.”

Source : "Alessandro Nivola Talks Janie Jones and Redemption". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 01, 2011.
“What is is and what isn't ain't.”
“One of the great tragedies of life, it seems to me, is when a person classifies himself as someone who has no talents or gifts. When, in disgust or discouragement, we allow ourselves to reach depressive levels of despair because of our demeaning self-appraisal, it is a sad day for us and a sad day in the eyes of God. For us to conclude that we have no gifts when we judge ourselves by stature, intelligence, grade-point average, wealth, power, position, or external appearance is not only unfair but unreasonable.”

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