"After a lifetime of engaging in long, passionate discussions I have come to the conclusion that it is a waste of time trying to convince anyone of anything."

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Source : Michael Foley (2012). “Embracing the Ordinary: Lessons From the Champions of Everyday Life”, p.186, Simon and Schuster

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“British Israelites: The British Israelites believe the white Anglo-Saxons of Britain to be descended from the ten lost tribes of Israel deported by Sargon of Assyria on the fall of Sumeria in 721 B.C. ... They further believe that the future can be foretold by the measurements of the Great Pyramid, which probably means it will be big and yellow and in the hand of the Arabs. They also believe that if you sleep with your head under the pillow a fairy will come and take all your teeth.”
“She believes that Tobias belongs to her now. She doesn't know the truth, that he belongs to himself.”
“No doubt that he will make an excellent senator.”

Source : "Ryan file a bombshell". www.chicagotribune.com. June 22, 2004.
“EVERYTHING is love, so the only thing that's not love is our resistance to love, is us trying to be separate from the world.”
“There're a lot of old religious beliefs that keep us stuck. Because we're afraid of the answers, a lot of us just don't ask the questions of God.”
“I was opposed to doing TV for a long time because I thought the quality of writing wasn't very strong, as opposed to film, but there's been a shift in term of the quality of scripts. HBO has attracted a tremendous amount of great writing talent.”
“Every song youre trying to find something that going to connect in different ways but for me the songs that Im really drawn to are inspirational, songs that lift you and that everybody can relate to no matter where youre from.”
“Most people, in the end, really are all on their own.”

Source : Nova Ren Suma (2011). “Imaginary Girls”, p.69, Penguin

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