"My dad didn't graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year. My mom sold real estate and did it part time."

-- Al Franken

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“We often donâ€™t realize that where God puts us is the very place we need to be to receive what He wants to give us.”
“Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken.”
“However, poetry does not live solely in books or in school anthologies.”
“Your breathing should flow gracefully, like a river, like a watersnake crossing the water, and not like a chain of rugged mountains or the gallop of a horse. To master our breath is to be in control of our bodies and minds. Each time we find ourselves dispersed and find it difficult to gain control of ourselves by different means, the method of watching the breath should always be used.”
“You ask everybody you know: How long does it usually take to get over it? There are many formulas. One year for every year you dated. Two years for every year you dated. It's just a matter of will power: The day you decide it's over, it's over. You never get over it.”
“Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.”
“Fans of football and fans of nationhood have a similar zeal. Read the fanzines: their contributors could find a needle-sized diss in a haystack of compliments, and their passions are fundamentalist.”

Source : "I gave it my best shot" by Andrew O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2006.
“The most abundant resources that we possess amongst the 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States are passion and knowledge, yet our most scarce resource is collaboration.”

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