"The following year, after I had prepared my draft, the Conference of the Interparliamentary Union at The Hague decided to set up a special commission to study the problem seriously."

-- Ludwig Quidde

#Years Quotes #Special Quotes #Unions Quotes

“Whatever it is that I am working on is what I become obsessed with.”

Source : "Next Factor Q&A: 'The Lucky One' Star Taylor Schilling". Interview with Robert Desalvo, www.mtv.com. April 16, 2012.
“You know how mountains get moved? Everyone who can move a couple, move a couple. Those who can move rocks, move rocks. Those who can move boulders, move boulders. That's how mountains get moved. If every one of us did everything we could, I believe we would be in a different world.”
“If I do not give a friend "The benefit of the doubt," but put the worst construction instead of the best on what is said or done, then I know nothing of Calvary love.”
“I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.”
“Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 4, 2012
“I wondered whether any woman could be happy with a man who says 'folderol'.”
“The whole family is a bunch of dangerous freaks...Most are ex-cons or junkies or deranged from inbreeding. Five have died violently, three are back in prison, two have gone insane from untreated venereal disease, and one writes book reviews.”
“The responses of friendliness, compassion, and appreciation that I felt ...--all situational permutations of basic goodwill--depended on my mind's being relaxed and alert enough to notice both what was happening around me and what was happening as my internal response. [p.50]”

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