"friendship was always contingent."

-- Margaret Atwood

“I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.”
“The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the same, but it's far tougher now, because record companies are run by financial people; before, they were run by creative people.”
“I love racing and I love doing well.”
“I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.”
“The way to bless God is to bless someone He loves. Bless someone in need.”
“In a consumer society, expectations dare not plateau, because a growing economy depends on rising expectations... The more we let our level of contentment be determined by outside factors-a new car, fashionable clothes, a prestigious career, social status-the more we relinquish control over our own happiness.”
“Do not follow after the past; do not go forward to meet the future. Instead, just rest the mind naturally in the present awareness.”
“With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.â€™”

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