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“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Source : Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3
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“It was the only thing I had to do. I worked to get rid of the time, even now I work for something to do. Painting is a wonderful way of getting rid of the days.”
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“They make a desert and call it peace.”
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“In trying to imagine this world, I kept coming back to Michel Aflaq. He's a Christian Arab, a Syrian, who ends up finding his home in Iraq and is buried there - I was stunned to see his tomb is right smack down in the Green Zone.”
Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
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“A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.”
Source : "Between You and Me". Book by Louis Nizer, 1948.
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“I don't look at myself as a historical icon, but the reality of it is, yeah, I am playing for history now.”
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“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”
Source : Rachel Carson (2002). “Silent Spring”, p.19, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“Let cheerfulness on happy fortune wait.”