"There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus."

-- Nhat Hanh

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“If you don't physically age gracefully, it's a bit sad. I think Steven Tyler can get away anything, because he still looks like he did in '73. Especially from row Z backwards in an arena. As long as the Stones keep their hair and don't get fat they'll get away with the wrinkles.”
“Our basic civil liberties are in jeopardy, but we're going to be spending our time as a society arguing about whether or not schoolchildren should be forced to pay tribute to imaginary invisible beings who live in magical kingdoms in outer space some”
“We all have a fear of the unknown what one does with that fear will make all the difference in the world.”
“The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians, but it was Christians in World War II who bombed innocent civilians in Dresden and dropped the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets.”

Source : "West must act to end jihad: Imam" by Frank Walker, www.smh.com.au. March 21, 2004.
“Suppose there aren't any more A + days once you get to be twelve? Wouldn't that be something! To spend the rest of your life looking for an A + day and not finding it.”
“Justice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved for those few with enough money and influence to afford it.”
“One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.”
“Lion Babe, on a work day, is definitely a process. I obviously could do it by myself, but I definitely prefer not to. It's a lot of hair. I used to start with little pieces, and then it just got bigger, and bigger, and bigger.”

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