"If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers."

-- Nelson Mandela

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“I love both puppies and kitties. I could just scrunch up their little faces!”
“Each time we embrace someone warmly, we gain an extra day of life.”
“The evolution of sex is the hardest problem in evolutionary biology.”
“Gratitude is a SpiritEUR'filled principle. It opens our minds to a universe permeated with the richness of a living God. Through it, we become spiritually aware of the wonder of the smallest things, which gladden our hearts with their messages of God's love. This grateful awareness heightens our sensitivity to divine direction. When we communicate gratitude, we can be filled with the Spirit and connected to those around us and the Lord. Gratitude inspires happiness and carries divine influence.”
“What I'm saying is individuals have better ideas if they're connected to rich, diverse networks of other individuals. If you put yourself in an environment with lots of different perspectives, you yourself are going to have better, sharper, more original ideas. It's not that the network is smart.”

Source : "'Eureka moments' and other myths about tech innovation" by John D. Sutter, www.cnn.com. October 15, 2010.
“Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.”
“The idea of being icons, I think it's great when you're 24. It's fantastic.”
“I have never yet failed to get a hearing (with a Hindu) if I talk to them about forgiveness of sins and peace and rest in your heart.”

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