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“The external reality and inner dynamic of happenings in Northern Ireland between 1968 and 1974 were symptomatic of change, violent change admittedly, but change nevertheless, and for the minority living there, change had been long overdue.”
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“Do not be silent; there is no limit to the power that may be released through you.”
Source : John Morton (2000). “The Blessings Already Are”, p.86, Mandeville Press
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“What we mean by information the elementary unit of information is a difference which makes a difference, and it is able to make a difference because the neural pathways along which it travels and is continually transformed are themselves provided with energy. The pathways are ready to be triggered. We may even say that the question is already implicit in them.”
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“Nobody likes to see a body, but it's better than seeing a ghost. Bodies just make you doubt the world and the people in it. Ghosts make you doubt everything, and to doubt it in a part of the mind that has no words to answer the question, where the comforting promises you make yourself are neither believed nor even really understood.”
Source : "The Lonely Dead". Book by Michael Marshall Smith, 2004.
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“Congratulations to the NBA champion Boston Celtics - they beat the Los Angeles Lakers by 39 points. Or as Hillary Clinton would say, "Too close to call.”
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“At my first Golden Globes, I met people I was very much enamored by: Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It was surreal to see them in person.”
Source : "Jesse Tyler Ferguson Dishes About Tie The Knot, Making The Award-Show Rounds And The Biggest ‘Modern Family’ Diva". Interview with Matthew Jacobs, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 26, 2013.
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“The only reason that they say, 'Women and children first' is to test the strength of the lifeboats.”
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“Chicken exits are self-sabotage. They give you a false explanation for why you don't have something you want.”
Source : Ali Vincent (2009). “Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life”, p.109, Rodale