"I have discovered that my freedom is within me, and nothing can destroy it."

-- Janet Frame

“According to the United Nations Special Commission [UNSCOM], which carried out inspections in Iraq for the better part of a decade, Iraq possesses some 25,000 liters of anthrax. This is, for the record, more than 5 million teaspoons of anthrax. And we have no idea where any of it is. Saddam Hussein has never accounted for one grain of it.”
“Silence is a great peacemaker.”
“Look at Scottish guys wearing kilts - you could look at them and laugh, but the way they carry themselves, how can you? You can wear some of the weirdest things and be cool. If you believe in it, that's what makes it cool.”
“You can’t motivate people, you can only create a context in which people are motivated.”

Source : "You Can't Motivate People". www.businessinsider.com. February 16, 2012.
“The only time I know that something is true is the moment I discover it in the act of writing.”
“I'm not saying running could solve all of the world's problems, but I think it would be a good start.”
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do”
“Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.”

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