"Stay a little while longer, and let everyone congratulate you - including the ones who clearly don't want to: in fact, especially the ones who clearly don't want to. You don't have to say anything but 'thank you"

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Source : Tsoknyi Rinpoche (2012). “Open Heart, Open Mind: A Guide to Inner Transformation”, p.237, Random House

Robin McKinley

#Say Anything Quotes #Littles Quotes #Facts Quotes

“Israel uses sophisticated attack jets and naval vessels to bomb densely-crowded refugee camps, schools, apartment blocks, mosques, and slums to attack a population that has no air force, no air defense, no navy, no heavy weapons, no artillery units, no mechanized armor, no command in control, no army and calls it a war.”
“I haven't yet figured out how to be a celebrity; that's something I'm learning, and I wish there were a course on how to handle it. I have to be aware that my kinesphere may be larger than I want it to be.”
“We are basically in the nicotine business. . . . Effective control of nicotine in our products should equate to a significant product performance and cost advantage.”
“Today, you're a piranha if you are seen having coffee with somebody from the other party in many cases.”
“Listen, sister. I don't dance and I can't take time out now to learn.”
“.. you've got to be original, or there will be nothing distinctive or interesting about your playing”
“I'm a great fan of Woody Allen's movies.”

Source : "INTERVIEW: Soul Searching, or Searching for a Soul; Enigmatic Desplechin Returns with 'Esther Kahn'" by Andrea Meyer, www.indiewire.com. February 27, 2002.
“To me, love is the strongest and most amazing force in the world. It can bring people together, tear them apart, lift people up, or bring them down. But if it is true and pure, love can create a beautiful and peaceful world.”

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