"My days are spent wrangling children, chipping dried manure from boots, washing jeans, and frying calf nuts."

-- Ree Drummond

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“Optimism is the parent of despair, while pessimism allows the mind to accustom itself to the inevitable disappointments of human existence by degrees, just as some drugs induce a state of tolerance. Pessimists, moreover, have the better sense of humour, for they have a livelier apprehension of pretension and absurdity. In a meritocracy, furthermore, those who fail must either indulge in elaborate mental contortions to disguise reality from themselves or sink into a deep melancholy.”
“Iraq is not the only nation in the world to possess weapons of mass destruction, but it is the only nation with a leader who has used them against his own people.”
“When I was growing up I actually was into Bon Jovi!”
“Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.”
“I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.”
“In the empty heart, void of self can be heard the echoing cry, "I am the Truth." Thus is man one with the eternal. Travelling, travel and traveller have become one.”

Source : Mahmud Shabistari (2002). “The Secret Rose Garden”, p.90, Red Wheel/Weiser
“It would be easy for this conflict to slip off the political agenda given how long it has been going on but for the sake of the people of Nepal for whom it is a daily tragic reality, the world must remain engaged and keep up the pressure on the government and the Maoists.”
“I take pride in everything I do. I don't want to be handed anything. I want to earn it.”

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