"If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough."

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Source : Robin Jones Gunn (2009). “Sierra Jensen Collection”, p.329, Multnomah

David Levithan

#Wish Quotes #Want Quotes

“What a wonderful contribution our grandmothers and grandfathers can make if they will share some of the rich experiences and their testimonies with their children and grandchildren.”
“All people need to know how AIDS is transmitted, and every country has an obligation to educate its citizens. This is why every country must also improve literacy, especially for women and girls, so that they can make wise choices that will keep them healthy and safe.”
“Speak not of guilt, speak not of responsibility. When the Regiment of the Senses parades by, with music, and with banners; when the senses shiver and shudder, it is only a fool and and an irreverent person that will keep his distance, who will not embrace the good cause, marching towards the conquest of pleasures and passions. All of morality's laws - poorly understood and applied - are nil and cannot stand even for a moment, when the Regiment of the Senses parades by, with music, and with banners.”
“When everyone is part of the people's congress, what need is there for an opposition? Opposition to what? You oppose a government! If there is no government, and the people govern themselves on their own, what are they going to oppose? Something that isn't there?”
“Action will destroy your procrastination.”
“The rest of the story from Acts 1:8 explains that Christ-followers have a mission while here on earth. They are to be Christâ€™s witnesses all over this planet. Itâ€™s as if Christ said, â€œThink youâ€™re missing the book smarts, the street smarts, the looks, the talent, or the speaking ability to accomplish this mission? Donâ€™t be concerned with those things, because you have my mountain-moving, life-transforming, death-defying power on your side.â€”
“The high number from the Middle East is only coincidence, he said. It is no particular choice on our part, ... We accept visa trainees from those countries. We'd accept them from other countries, too, but we don't get their applications.”
“I would like to see the Iraqi government guarantee social insurance for the Yazidi women who were enslaved and to recognise their status as prisoners of war.”

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