"The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way you would never do anything."

-- John Irving

#Writing Quotes #Way Quotes #Minutes Quotes

“God leaves to our conscience the choice of the road we decide to follow, and the liberty of yielding to one or another of the opposing influences that act upon us.”

Source : Allan Kardec (2016). “The Spirits’ Book: The Principles of Spiritist Doctrine”, p.241, Secret Master eBooks
“War is sweet to them that know it not.”
“How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have individuals with whom we are competitive, or whom we dislike or have a quarrel with; but very few of us have true enemies in the martial sense. And yet if Lincoln could pray fervently- and contemporary reports indicate he did- for the people who were opposing him, how much more can we do for someone we just find a little irritating?”
“I believe in God. In fact, I believe in a personal God who acts in and interacts with the creation. I believe that the observations about the orderliness of the physical universe, and the apparently exceptional fine-tuning of the conditions of the universe for the development of life suggest that an intelligent Creator is responsible.”
“A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.”
“Nothing is impossible to the man that can will. Is that necessary? That shall be. This is the only law of success.”
“No chord in populism reverberates more strongly than the notion that the robust common sense of an unstained outsider is the best medicine for an ailing polity. Caligula doubtless got big cheers from the plebs when he installed his horse as proconsul.”

Source : "Obama's Speech; McCain's Palinomy" by Alexander Cockburn, www.counterpunch.org. August 30, 2008.
“President Obama's version of America is a divided one - pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender, and social status. His policies have failed! We are not better off than we were 4 years ago, and no rhetoric, bumper sticker, or campaign ad can change that.”

Source : "Convention speech highlights Mia Love’s GOP rise". Mia Love's speech during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, dailycaller.com. August 28, 2012.

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