"O America! Because you build for mankind I build for you."

-- Walt Whitman

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“It's an old story, really: seduced and corrupted, in the end, by an obsessive love for the text.”
“Maybe other people are like mirrors that we see ourselves in; versions of ourselves that vary dramatically depending on the particular cut of glass.”

Source : Jonathan Hull (2001). “Losing Julia”, Island Books
“Be content where you are! The sooner I let go of the notion that something could only be one way, the way I had planned it, without fail, I have always gotten more done and with far less discomfort.”
“But nothing is more insidious than the evolution of wishes from mere fancies, and of wants from mere wishes.”
“After decimating several vegetables, I decide juicing is my favorite form of food preparation. There's something perversely appealing about subjecting an innocent plant to that much violence.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.226, Simon and Schuster
“a diplomat ... is not worthy of the name unless he can say 'no' and make the other person like it - or at least not be offended by it.”
“I learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.”

Source : "CNN Newsroom" with Don Lemon, www.cnn.com. June 13, 2012.
“It appears to be in the nature of religion itself to be prejudiced against those who are different.”

Source : John Shelby Spong (2009). “The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate to Reveal the God of Love”, p.12, Harper Collins

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