"The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Hollywood 'friends' are only after one thing. They're looking out for the next big thing, and they don't want to miss out on you just in case.”
“Marriage is like a fine aged wine. It has to endure its Time of Fermenting before its full-bodied Flavor and Bouquetcan be appreciate.”
“Never underestimate a man's ability to underestimate a woman.”

Source : "Fictional character: Victoria "V.I." Warshawski". "V.I. Warshawski", www.imdb.com. 1991.
“When God takes your straw, it isnâ€™t because he wants you to remain a slave. Itâ€™s because he wants you to take another step toward freedom.”
“I hope that the day will come when the system will change and all of the people in Ethiopia will have equal rights and I look forward to a day like that where I too can go home and be part of the Ethiopian story.”
“There's almost no food that isn't genetically modified. Genetic modification is the basis of all evolution. Things change because our planet is subjected to a lot of radiation, which causes DNA damage, which gets repaired, but results in mutations, which create a ready mixture of plants that people can choose from to improve agriculture.”

Source : "An Advocate for Science Diplomacy" by Claudia Dreifus, www.nytimes.com. August 18, 2008.
“Writing a novel, in an unplanned and unpredictable way, makes you engaged; it takes you into yourself, and it becomes something between you and the character for a moment, and then you move back into the structure of the book. I love those moments, because they are completely unbidden.”

Source : The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 23, 2014.
“I will be a president of all Bulgarians, irrespective of their ethnicity, religion or political affiliations.”

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