"You know, you can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror. But the simple act of kindness from a complete stranger will unstitch you."

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Source : "On humanity". TED Talks, www.ted.com. February, 2008.

Chris Abani

#Kindness Quotes #Heart Quotes #Simple Quotes

“It just so happened that for most of my life I've lived in the suburbs.”
“If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?”
“We need to replace hyperbole with a reasonable, informed discussion about how to reinvent the federal budget with more transparency and better accountability.”

Source : "Reinventing the Federal Budget" by Mike Quigley, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 1, 2010.
“I wasn't really a big comic book guy, growing up. I watched cartoons, but the choices were a whole heck of a lot slimmer.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“So what's your second suggestion?" "Tread lightly." "That's it? That's the best advice you can give me?" "All right, tread very lightly.”
“No, my young apprentice. You said the exact right thing. Again. I'm just laughing at life." "Why?" he asked, opening both his eyes. "Because sometimes it's either laugh or cry. I prefer laugh. How about you?”
“They advertise on the radio for food stamps!”
“I see myself as a bit of a traveller. I am a workaholic.”

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