"When public and private sectors combine intellectual and other resources, more can be achieved"

-- Gro Harlem Brundtland

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“The first quarter-century of your life was doubtless lived under the cloud of being too young for things, while the last quarter-century would normally be shadowed by the still darker cloud of being too old for them; and between those two clouds, what small and narrow sunlight illumines a human lifetime!”

Source : James Hilton (1988). “Lost Horizon”, p.153, Simon and Schuster
“It is lunacy to be bringing refugees into this country who may be terrorists trying to murder Americans.”
“... mortification is basic to the act of photographing. The person is mobile, ... then I freeze one moment in his movement, a mere five-hundredth of a second of that person's life-time. That's a very meager or small extract from a life.”
“My old friend, water, my good companion, my beloved mother and father: I am its most natural offspring.”

Source : Doris Grumbach (2014). “Coming into the End Zone: A Memoir”, p.46, Open Road Media
“Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong.”
“Non-violence means dialogue, using our language, the human language. Dialogue means compromise; respecting each otherâ€™s rights; in the spirit of reconciliation there is a real solution to conflict and disagreement. There is no hundred percent winner, no hundred percent loserâ€”not that way but half-and-half. That is the practical way, the only way.”
“She was saved from prettiness by the intensity of her gaze.”

Source : Paul Bowles (2011). “The Sheltering Sky”, p.7, Harper Collins
“Now I want to work with Octavia Spencer, because I met her and she's really funny.”

Source : "Isabelle Fuhrman: We're Obsessing Over The 'Hunger Games' Star In This Week's Girl Crush" by Amy Wilkinson, www.mtv.com. March 23, 2012.

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