"The hoary joke in the literary world, based on 'Dreams From My Father,' was that if things had worked out differently for Barack Obama, he could have made it as a writer."

-- James Fallows

#Dream Quotes #Father Quotes #World Quotes

“Hamas is firing at our cities, at our people, firing from these areas, from these homes, from these schools, from mosques, from hospitals. They are actually using them as weapon storage, as command posts and as firing positions, or right next to them.”
“A kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.”
“Why beer is better than wine: human feet are conspicuously absent from beer making.”
“Obstacles do not appear in your way in order to stop you. Rather, they appear in order to strengthen and hone you and your plans. They are not your enemy. They are your secret ally, but only if you treat them as friendly forces of nature.”

Source : Anodea Judith, Lion Goodman (2012). “Creating on Purpose: The Spiritual Technology of Manifesting Through the Chakras”, p.25, Sounds True
“One of the ways they run forward is by viewing the thing theyâ€™re doing as something thatâ€™s going to be the whole world.”
“My boyfriend isn't a rock star. His values are rock solid. We met at a dinner and he made me laugh.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“The nightingales are sobbing in The orchards of our mothers, And hearts that we broke long ago Have long been breaking others; Tears are round, the sea is deep: Roll them overboard and sleep.”
“The silver-leaved birch retains in its old age a soft bark; there are some such men.”

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