"Among a hundred windows shining dully in the vast side of greater-than-palace number such-and-such one burns these several years, each night as if the room within were aflame."

-- Denise Levertov

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“To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.”
“Our two biggest rivals had adjusted their whole season to this one aim of beating us. Of course, it is a big compliment that they were so motivated to stop us but it was very tough to face two matches like that so close together. Suddenly three trophies are down to one.”

Source : Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2004.
“I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared.”

Source : Patrick MacGill (2008). “The Amateur Army”, Forbes Press
“I learned the power of storytelling and the responsibility that people with influence have to speak out”
“Criticized for using formal mathematical manipulations, without understanding how they worked: Should I refuse a good dinner simply because I do not understand the process of digestion?”
“The public, as a whole, finds reassurance in longevity, and, after the necessary interlude of reaction, is disposed to recognize extreme old age as a sign of excellence. The long-liver has triumphed over at least one of man's initial handicaps: the brevity of life.”
“I will be sufficiently rewarded if when telling it to others you will not claim the discovery as your own, but will say it was mine.”
“Let's be healthy big people. Everybody can't be a size 0 or 45, but let's be healthy.”

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