"Communications devices were always used to effect change, to effect revolution. Telephone, telegraph - these all seemed like very big enhancements at the time."

-- Gary Shteyngart

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“True grace is natural, not artificial, because, however strenuously you strive to gain it, when it is gained it never gives the impression of effort or straining for effect.”

Source : Frederic Dan Huntington (1887). “Good Talking and Good Manners: Fine Arts, with a Paper on the Social Law of Mutual Help and the Labor Problem”
“But you can't stay with people because of guilt. Or because they can drive a speedboat.”
“Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress”
“Moral courage is the highest expression of humanity ...”
“We can choose to gather to our hearts the thorns of disappointment, failure, loneliness, and dismay in our present situation. Or we can gather the flowers of God's grace, boundless love, abiding presence, and unmatched joy. I choose to gather the flowers.”
“All human beings have magic in them. The secret is to know how to use this magic...”

Source : Sybil Leek (1972). “My life in astrology”, Prentice Hall
“But Stacie Orrico was my childhood hero. I was about 12 when I found her music. She is a contemporary Christian artist, and I can honestly tell you that I don't think I'd have a soulful voice if I didn't listen to Stacie. I wanted to sound just like her growing up, and to this day I STILL think I sound a little bit like her. But she is AMAZING!”

Source : Source: joonbug.com
“Too many people who don't have anyone they care about. Who think if they don't love anyone else then they're free to do whatever they want. They think they have nothing to lose, and that makes them stronger. If you have nothing to lose, there's nothing you really want, either. You're full of confidence, and look down on people who lose things, who want things, who are happy, or sad sometimes. But that's not the way things are. And it's just not right.”

Source : FaceBook post by Shuichi Yoshida from Aug 12, 2012

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