"Had Calhoun been advised by me, he would have been the Candidate in opposition to General Jackson, and elected and the country saved the misery that followed."

-- Duff Green

#Country Quotes #Misery Quotes

“You will write if you will write without thinking of the result in terms of a result, but think of the writing in terms of discovery, which is to say that creation must take place between the pen and the paper, not before in a thought or afterwards in a recasting... It will come if it is there and if you will let it come.”
“The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership.”
“i can become a new woman every day until i like the woman i become, then i can become her for a while, if not forever!”

Source : Eric Jerome Dickey (2007). “Sleeping with Strangers”, p.117, Penguin
“Cultivating a generous spirit starts with mindfulness. Mindfulness, simply stated, means paying attention to what is actually happening; it's about what is really going on.”

Source : Nell Newman (2003). “The Newman's Own Organics Guide to a Good Life: Simple Measures That Benefit You and the Place You Live”, Villard Books
“The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.”
“Who voted for Trump? Who are these people who, as he famously said, would let him shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and still support him? It's people who want too strong a leader, who would do what that leader tells them. Similar to the Europeans following Mussolini and Hitler. There's a streak in humanity that likes that kind of leader. That's Trump's core. Authoritarianism.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“But an apology too â€” you think youâ€™re giving something, but youâ€™re not. Youâ€™re really asking for something. Youâ€™re asking for forgiveness, youâ€™re asking for the other injured person to make it okay for you. Apologies were harder work for the person getting one than the person giving one.”
“I think there seems to be a need for escapism at the moment. Maybe that's the type of world we're living in. It's a sanctuary, in a way, where you can immerse yourself in something that doesn't exist, whether that's TV shows or comic books or novels. it's not solely down to magic and vampires - that's in at the moment. but escapism, being a part of other worlds, is very good for you.”

Source : "Magical Sci-Fantasy 'Merlin' Catches Fire in Season 3". Interview with Scott Thill, www.wired.com. January 7, 2011.

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