"I ALWAYS intended to return to the private sector,"

-- Don Nickles

#Return Quotes #Private Sector Quotes

“I want to do whatever I possibly can to be as good as I can be.”
“The problem with relying on nostalgia for commentary is that people only remember the good things.”

Source : Interview With Jim White, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2001.
“It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.”
“I must only warn you of one thing. You have become a different person in the course of these years. For this is what the art of archery means: a profound and far-reaching contest of the archer with himself. Perhaps you have hardly noticed it yet, but you will feel it very strongly when you meet your friends and acquaintances again in your own country: things will no longer harmonize as before. You will see with other eyes and measure with other measures. It has happened to me too, and it happens to all who are touched by the spirit of this art.”
“No, the thing that makes for greatness is determination, persisting in the right direction over the long haul, following your dream, staying at the task.”
“As children, Siddhartha and Jesus both realized that life is filled with suffering. The Buddha became aware at an early age that suffering is pervasive. Jesus must have had the same kind of insight, because they both made every effort to offer a way out. We, too, must learn to live in ways that reduce the world's suffering.”
“Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.”
“Lovers, children, heroes, none of them do we fantasize as extravagantly as we fantasize our parents.”

Source : Francine du Plessix Gray (1983). “World Without End”, Playboy Mass Market Paperbacks

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