"Borders are scratched across the hearts of men By strangers with a calm, judicial pen, And when the borders bleed we watch with dread The lines of ink across the map turn red."

-- Marya Mannes

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“The world isn't ready for what I have to say.”
“The opposite of faith is not heresy but indifference”
“People know that I have adopted four principles in living my life: simple living, punctuality, hard work and prudence.”

Source : Source: www.irinnews.org
“I'm often at odds with my colleagues, but I've managed to get legislation passed which will not even be attempted in other states. Rather than use the word "cooperate," I'll say there's kind of a peaceful coexistence, a wary watching of each other. I'm very courteous and polite, and people allow me to be. Some people have applied the term charming to me. I don't use that term unless I'm the snake charmer and they're the snake.”

Source : "The Maverick of Omaha". Interview With Michael Beckel, www.motherjones.com. January 5, 2006.
“The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.”
“if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.”

Source : Phyllis Bottome (1934). “Innocence and experience: stories”
“But love is love. It makes you do terribly stupid things.”
“Were it not for the work of the Holy Spirit there would be no gospel, no faith, no church, no Christianity in the world at all.”

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