"How was it possible for the world to be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time?"

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Source : Lian Hearn (2008). “Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori”, p.98, Pan Macmillan

Lian Hearn

#Beautiful Quotes #World Quotes

“No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own.”
“Be Consciousness (Itself)- Contemplate Consciousness (Itself)- Transcend Everything in Consciousness (Itself).”
“The proudest moment for [a teacher of leaders] is seeing not what students learn but what they do.”
“Every highly successful person is a maniac on a mission. Too much agreement kills a chat”
“I strongly believe that love is the answer and that it can mend even the deepest unseen wounds. Love can heal, love can console, love can strengthen, and yes, love can make change.”
“And Warner Bros. seems to be pretty much into re-releasing all of their catalog. So there's the Warner Bros. stuff and the stuff that we have control over, we're gradually re-releasing it. Some stuff we don't have control over.”
“Sometimes you have to beat the Republicans before you beat the Democrats.”
“Sometimes you win by losing.”

Source : "Jeremy Jackson Up Close and Personal From Hollywood to Humble". Interview with Alexandra Holzer, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 09, 2012.

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