"The price of purity is purists."

--

Source : Calvin Trillin (1974). “American fried; adventures of a happy eater”

Calvin Trillin

“I'm not looking for peace on earth, though, through a political solution. I'm a pastor.”
“Appreciation can make a day - even change a life.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“We have seen too much defeatism, too much pessimism, too much of a negative approach. The answer is simple: if you want something very badly, you can achieve it. It may take patience, very hard work, a real struggle, and a long time; but it can be done. That much faith is a prerequisite of any undertaking.”
“Sometimes we have to face the things that hurt us most. Maybe you wonâ€™t heal till you do. You havenâ€™t yet.â€ They both knew that was true. â€œYou canâ€™t move ahead until you bury the past.”
“it is a peaceful thing to be one succeeding.”
“It was no accident, no coincidence, that the seasons came round and round year after year. It was the Lord speaking to us all and showing us over and over again the birth, life, death, and resurrection of his only begotten Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ, our Lord. It was like a best-loved story being told day after day with each sunrise and sunset, year after year with the seasons, down through the ages since time began.”

Source : Francine Rivers (2013). “The Last Sin Eater”, p.286, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.”
“No state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and sponsor terrorism.”

Source : Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Publications Division (2004). “Towards a new world: defining moments”

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