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#Country Quotes #Children Quotes #Growing Up Quotes

“If I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write.”

Source : "Bookseller of Kabul author Åsne Seierstad: 'It's not possible to write a neutral story'". Interview with Amelia Hill, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2010.
“Polar bears did very well in the warmer times. They didn't die out at all; they didn't die out in the last 10,000 years, nor during the previous interglacial, nor the one before that. So, they're just used as a deceitful heartthrob; you know, to pluck your heartstrings because the polar bears might die out.”
“The first object of my endeavours was the means to become perfect and happy.”
“We decided that humility was defined not by self-deprecating behavior or attitudes but by the esteem with which you regard others... Generally, you can be humble only if you feel really good about yourself - and you want to help those around you feel really good about themselves, too.”
“Oh, Lord, it is not the sins I have committed that I regret, but those which I have had no opportunity to commit”
“I wasn't going to let a little thing like a hurricane keep me from wearing my bathing suit.”
“When two men step into the ring, one and only one deserves to win. When you step into the ring, you gotta know you deserve to win. You gotta know destiny owes you victory , cause you trained harder than your opponent. You sparred harder. You ran farther.”
“Mostly in life people are trying not to have emotions.”

Source : "A study in emotion" by Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2001.

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