"Desire and determination must overcome disappointment."

-- Walter Alston

#Determination Quotes #Disappointment Quotes #Desire Quotes

“Unfortunately, the world continues, history continues to produce tragedies. And it is very important that they be documented in a humane way, in a compelling way.”
“People build up a life, it becomes unsatisfactory, and they want to figure out how to change it like an outfit on a doll. But you canâ€™t change life from the outside. We all know this now.”
“Since coming back from Iraq, there's been so many triumphs and obstacles standing in my way, so whenever I set my mind to something, I definitely just go full blast at it.”

Source : "Jessica Lynch: One Iraq war veteran's unique perspective" by Susan Candiotti, Ross Levitt, www.cnn.com. December 19, 2011.
“Beer has long been the prime lubricant in our social intercourse and the sacred throat-anointing fluid that accompanies the ritual of mateship. To sink a few cold ones with the blokes is both an escape and a confirmation of belonging.”
“Christians have always tended to transform the Christian Revelation into a Christian religion. Christianity is said to be a religion like any other or, conversely, some Christians try to show that it is a better religion than the others. People attempt to take possession of God. Theology claims to explain everything, including the being of God. People tend to transform Christianity into a religion because the Christian faith obviously places people in an extremely uncomfortable position Â that of freedom guided only by love and all in the context of God's radical demand that we be holy.”
“The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology.”
“In order not to hold a frame with someone, you have to be intimidated by them.”
“Tartakower once wrote that after planting a Knight in the center you can go to sleep. This is not to be taken literally, of course, but it contains more than a germ of truth.”

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