"Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to look at Haiti from a psychological perspective."

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Source : "An Exclusive Interview With Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide". Interview with Nicolas Rossier, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 15, 2010.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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“The woods were deserted that day. The stones stood still and silent, as though they were waiting for something. At the center of them all, a jagged piece of amber glowed in the growing darkness. Lights fizzed softly around it, turning pink, orange, purple, blue. No one saw it. No one ever did. Why would they? No one knoew about its magic, not anymore. They had forgotten all about such magic a long, long time ago. About the same time they stopped believing in faries. How foolish.”
“I'm glad they're taking a step back. A lot of this is happening so quickly that people can't keep up with it.”
“Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately.”
“When fans come up to me and Vanessa, they're really sweet and ask for autographs - but once they see the guys, the girls tend to scream.”
“One writes not to be read but to breathe...one writes to think, to pray, to analyze. One writes to clear one's mind, to dissipate one's fears, to face one's doubts, to look at one's mistakes--in order to retrieve them. One writes to capture and crystallize one's joy, but also to disperse one's gloom. Like prayer--you go to it in sorrow more than joy, for help, a road back to 'grace'.”
“You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery.”
“When we score a sublime goal I'm as happy as anyone but you don't get to enjoy a game. You can't possibly. The game's too important to enjoy.”
“Arnie has more people watching him park the car than we do out on the course.”

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