"The more people you love, the weaker you are."

-- George R. R. Martin

“These, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the qualities of an ideal diplomacy. But, the reader may object, you have forgotten intelligence, knowledge, discernment, prudence, hospitality, charm, industry, courage and even tact. I have not forgotten them. I have taken them for granted.”

Source : "Diplomacy". Book by Harold George Nicolson, chapter 3, p. 126, 1939.
“Creativity is a powerful force for anyone attempting to heal themselves.”
“I was like a well trained pianist who knows which note to hit, but can't make the music his own.”
“Do what you must, but do it well, above all enjoy yourself!”
“There is no shortcut to holiness; it must be the business of our whole lives.”
“For African societies, no issue looms larger than employment. Only vibrant entrepreneurship and thriving small businesses can hope to provide the millions of jobs that are needed.”

Source : "Africa and the Six ‘I’s: Independence, Investment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Incubation, Inspiration" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 11, 2013.
“Anyone who puts 110% into their work deserves as much success as they can get.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“I was very disruptive. I was horrible. I didn't learn like all the other kids. I had to sometimes take my tests out in the hallways because I couldn't focus. But, my teachers would come see me in the plays and were like 'I don't understand how you can focus and be in the moment in a play and you go into math class and you can't focus.”

Source : "Eliza Coupe on the Comedic Origins of Happy Endings, Her Passion for Michael Fassbender, and her Obsession with Ace Ventura". GQ Interview, www.ucbcomedy.com. February 2012.

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