"Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person who harbors them with difficult choices"

-- Amin Maalouf

#Loyalty Quotes #Choices Quotes #Different Quotes

“Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't quite know how I'm going to do them, because I haven't lived that moment yet. I always feel very insecure and I get very excited.”
“What we have is given by God and to teach it to others is to return it to him.”
“I was a radical, a revolutionist. I am still a revolutionistâ€¦I am glad I was in the Stonewall riot. I remember when someone threw a Molotov cocktail, I thought, â€œMy god, the revolution is here. The revolution is finally here!”
“The play-it-safe pessimists of the world never accomplish much of anything, because they don't look clearly and objectively at situations, they don't recognize or believe in their own abilities to overcome even the smallest amount of risk.”
“Lia: "You've changed your mind about wanting to marry me. You're afraid I'll burn down your home. Embarrass you in front of all the other city brutes." Zane: "I'm afraid," he said gently, "that you will burn down my heart.”
“JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too.”
“Weâ€™re suggesting that [kids are] missing something if they donâ€™t read but, actually, weâ€™re condemning kids to a lesser life. If you had a sick patient, you would not try to entice them to take their medicine. You would tell them, â€˜Take this or youâ€™re going to die.â€™ We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.”
“Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.”

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