"The stories are what no one wants to talk about. So you make up a story because no one is going to tell you the truth."

-- Sandra Cisneros

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“At some time in the history of the universe, there were no human minds, and at some time later, there were. Within the blink of a cosmic eye, a universe in which all was chaos and void came to include hunches, beliefs, sentiments, raw sensations, pains, emotions, wishes, ideas, images, inferences, the feel of rubber, Schadenfreude, and the taste of banana ice cream.”
“There are many in public life who deserve only our praise and admiration. But there are too many who are products of a class that knows little other than spin and the machinations of politics. Little wonder that leadership of the transforming sort is so hard to come by. The danger is that this may be permanent. Where our best people shun politics because the profession isn't honoured as it once was, this only serves to make the profession even less honoured.”
“Don't look over your shoulder and don't use or abuse others to get ahead. Keep your eyes focused on your goals and keep working for what you believe in and what you want to accomplish.”

Source : Doctorate Award Speech at Kean University, New Jersey, 2004.
“To the medieval mind the possibility of doubt did not exist.”
“The Stone of Guilt in the River of the Mind, the block in the flow of intelligence.”
“For years everyone looked toward the demise of radio when television came along. Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger.”
“In many instances, order is apprehended first of all by the senses.”
“Nature and wisdom never are at strife.”

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