"I learned not to be so bitterly defeated when my fiction took a beating from editors. I learned in advertising to color in the lines and have my work done on time and to make it the very best it could be."

-- Jan Karon

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“These [Arab] youth who have been inspired by universal values are idealistic enough to imagine a magnificent future and, at the same time, realistic enough to balance this kind of imagination and the process leading to it - not using violence, not trying to create chaos.”
“Be cautious and bold.”
“If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all thatâ€™s necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom.”
“Men are beasts! Nothing more! We fight! We kill! We devour our prey! Beasts do not stand behind beasts, little prince... They use each other so long as it suits their own selfish purpose!”
“The more purely God's word is preached, the more deeply it pierces and the more kindly it works.”
“I used to stay at my hotel... I remember looking out of the window once and I saw (GB boxers) Tom Stalker and Kal Yafai skipping out of the Premier Inn and they jumped into a Range Rover to go to training.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“If we believe in Jesus, it is not what we gain but what He pours through us that really counts. Godâ€™s purpose is not simply to make us beautiful, plump grapes, but to make us grapes so that He may squeeze the sweetness out of us.”
“Being cheerful and affable with people is by itself half of wisdom.”

Source : "Bihārul Anwār". Book by Majlisi, vol.76, p. 60, d. 1110/1698.

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