"If you care anything about your personal security, you should first of all pray for order and tranquility throughout the four quarters of the land..."

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Source : Nichiren (2003). “The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin”

Nichiren

#Land Quotes #Order Quotes #Insecurity Quotes

“I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.”

Source : " Patti Page, singer of Tennessee Waltz, dies at 85", www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2013.
“There's a lot of trials and tribulations you have to go through to get what you want, especially if you feel like it belongs to you.”
“My grandfather built my first hoop. It was a peach basket up against a tree, and we played in the dirt. I couldn't have been more than 6 when he put it up, and I just started playing.”
“And I thought maybe I didn't need to worry about my heart anymore because it had stopped beating a couple of seconds earlier, and I was still sitting there living and breathing-though admittedly I wasn't feeling much of anything.”
“I'm what you call a deathbed Catholic.”
“If we tackle corruption, no child would sleep hungry, there would be no injustice, every child would be in school. The most powerful force against corruption is one person saying â€œnoâ€.”

Source : "Zimbabwe tycoon says he refused massive bribe demands in building his African business empire". www.foxnews.com. October 21, 2013.
“This is what I call participation in the world of ideas. That is what art-making is.”
“A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.”

Source : Thomas Keller (2016). “The French Laundry Cookbook”, p.2, Artisan Books

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