"You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books were my salvation. Books saved me from being miserable."

-- Amy Tan

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“One man's magic is another man's gluey torture session.”
“What happened in World War II was what happened in war generally, and that was whatever the initiating cause, and however clear the moral reason is for the war in which one side looks better than the other, by the time the war ends both sides have been engaged in evil.”
“He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. [On Ronald Reagan]”
“Once you can clearly describe what you are reacting to, free of your interpretation or evaluation of it, other people are less likely to be defensive when they hear it.”
“Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.”

Source : "The preacher comes to town" by Laura Smith, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2005.
“Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.”
“I donâ€™t like San Francisco. I love it!”
“It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.”

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