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“All nuclear weapon states should now recognize that this is so, and declare - in Treaty form - that they will never be the first to use nuclear weapons. This would open the way to the gradual, mutual reduction of nuclear arsenals, down to zero.”
Source : Joseph Rotblat, Daisaku Ikeda (2007). “A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat”, p.132, I.B.Tauris
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“Gratitude is the most passionate transformative force in the cosmos. When we offer thanks to God or to another human being, gratitude gifts us with renewal, reflection, reconnection.”
Source : Sarah Ban Breathnach (2009). “The Simple Abundance Companion: Following Your Authentic Path to Something More”, p.25, Hachette UK
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“There's a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. When you truly know God, you have energy to serve Him, boldness to share Him, and contentment in Him.”
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“I love the flow of the game. There's a certain fluidity to basketball. I don't enjoy watching baseball or football in the same way.”
Source : "An Interview with Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys". Interview with David Flumenbaum, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 3, 2008.
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“I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.”
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“One problem we face comes from the lack of any agreed sense of how we should be working to train ourselves to write poetry.”
Source : "Just keep practising for real" by James Fenton, www.theguardian.com. June 8, 2002.
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“Forget your environmental footprint. Think about your ethical footprint. What good is it to build a zero-carbon, energy efficient complex, when the labor producing this architectural gem is unethical at best?”
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“Men always love what is good or what they find good; it is in judging what is good that they go wrong.”