"For my best poems were all written when I felt the worst. When I was happy, I didn't write anything."

-- Langston Hughes

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“I agree that special interest sections between Portugal and Indonesia can proceed without me being released.”
“Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.”
“We need to take responsibility for the effect of our environment on our nervous systems, and particularly the nervous systems of our children. No wonder so many of them are diagnosed with all the stuff they're diagnosed with today. Modern technology is a blessing to be sure, but it's also a curse if we allow it to pull us out of our spiritual center. A 24 hour electronic onslaught comes at the expense of our deep humanity and our deepest relationships.”
“A teacher sent the following note home with a six-year-old boy 'He is too stupid to learn.' That boy was Thomas A. Edison.”
“I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary-- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security.”
“Facts mean nothing when they are preempted by appearance. Do not underestimate the power of impression over reality.”

Source : "Dune: House Harkonnen". Book by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, 2000.
“Quite frankly, we wouldn't have the problems that we have in America right now if somebody did a better job - if our politicians did a better job standing up for our country.”

Source : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com
“I'm not much of a revenge person, because I think when you start with revenge it cheapens what you've been through.”

Source : Interview with Shawn Adler, www.ign.com. July 26, 2006.

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