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“An educated person must learn to act justly, beginning, first of all, with his thoughts, then later in his deeds. That is what it means to be educated.”
Source : Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1991). “Awakenings”
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“And all we are waiting for is something worth waiting for.”
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“EARTH LIFE with its joys and sorrows is a necessary part of our eternal existence. Its purposes are to prepare us to return to the presence of our Heavenly Father and to provide the way whereby we may receive a fulness of joy.”
Source : Alma P. Burton, Clea M. Burton (1966). “For They Shall Be Comforted”, p.30, Cedar Fort
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“I’m one of those moms who’s at the bus stop with my camcorder every year, with my phone taking a million pictures as they get on the bus.”
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“I'd made sure I knew his name. You shouldn't ask people to die for you if you don't at least know their name.”
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“To destroy is easier than to create, and that is why so many people are ready to demonstrate against what they reject. But what would they say if one asked them what they wanted instead?”
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“Everything that comes to us is a blessing or a test. That’s all you need to know in this life…just the certainty that God’s got His eye on you, that He knows what you are made of, what you need to grow on. Why,questioning’s a sin, it’s pointless. He will show you your path in His own good time. And long as I remember that, I’m fine.”
Source : Dorothy Allison (2005). “Bastard Out of Carolina: A Novel”, p.149, Penguin
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“I was between 2 and 3 in the world for two, three years. That's not exactly where I wanted to be.”
