"... governing is occupying but not interesting, governments are occupying but not interesting ..."

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Gertrude Stein

#Interesting Quotes

“In what country is there a place for people like me?”
“Because I didn't have brothers, I was always interested in the kids down the street that had four brothers in their family, so I became one of them - but it was not my family. I've always been attracted to temporary families. They tend to be lost characters.”
“A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns.”
“Survival must come before civilization.”
“Our suffering is caused by holding on to how things might have been, should have been, could have been.”

Source : Stephen Levine, Ondrea Levine (2012). “Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying”, p.3, Anchor
“I enjoy going to campuses and reading and doing a class or teaching and then running away and not having to grade papers.”

Source : Source: www.identitytheory.com
“Despite all the dire predictions made in 2001, the Afghans have given the international community, its aid workers and soldiers a large window of opportunity to repair the damage done by 25 years of war. That window, which has stayed open for nearly five years, with amazing good will from the Afghans, is threatening to close unless the world wakes up and deals with the crisis.”
“When things are difficult, smile by faith. Don't wait until you feel better.”

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