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“Once you understand that habits can change, you have the freedom -- and the responsibility -- to remake them. Once you understand that habits can be rebuilt, the power of habit becomes easier to grasp, and the only option left is to get to work.”
Source : "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business". Book by Charles Duhigg, www.psychologytoday.com. February 28, 2012.
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“I never starved myself.”
Source : "The forgotten supermodel". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2009.
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“Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.”
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“One cannot always bestow all manner of things upon everybody. To refuse a request for just cause is as praiseworthy as to grant a request that is worthy. It is for this reason that the "no" of some people pleases more than the "yes" of others. A refusal accompanied by sweet words and a civil manner gives more satisfaction to a true heart than a favor given with bad grace.”
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“I'm not living the life I thought I would lead, but it does have meaning, purpose. There is love... there is joy... there is laughter.”
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“Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments.”
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“Ridiculous stuff happens when I travel.”
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“We need not a new set of beliefs, but a new way of believing, not simply new answers to the same old questions, but a new set of questions.”
Source : Brian D. McLaren (2010). “A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith”, p.18, Harper Collins