"We do not control the trade of our resources, which are an important factor of prosperity for the dominant nations."

-- Omar Bongo

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“I don't believe in happy endings. Children have got to face death sooner or later. Granny and Grandpa die, dogs die, cats die, gerbils and those frightful things - what are they called? - hamsters: all die like flies. So there's no point avoiding it.”
“I like people who dream or talk to themselves interminably; I like them, for they are double. They are here and elsewhere.”
“I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a small town that I used to read about in storybooks”
“I also think the party needs to work on a couple different fronts. There are so many fault lines within the party: conservative vs. moderate, the more fiscally minded Republicans vs. the more socially minded Republicans, the Old Guard - the sort of Newt Gingrich-Karl Rove Republican - vs. the New Guard - the Michael Steele-Sarah Palin sort of emerging sect of the party. And the party has to decide what direction it's going to go in.”

Source : "What Republicans Must Do: Interview with Andrea Tantaros (Guest Interview)". Interview with Bill Steigerwald, themoderatevoice.com. January 24, 2009.
“Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.”
“Music knits people together in some strange way. Same thing with food.”

Source : "Dwight Henry: from New Orleans baker to Hollywood's rising star" by Jessica Holland, www.theguardian.com. January 19, 2013.
“Most people, 95% of people, are good people. Its the 5% who get seduced by power.”
“I hated the goggles, donâ€™t get me wrong, but I felt naked without them. Almost like playing without a helmet.”

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