"About a billion years ago, long before the continents had separated to define the ancient oceans, or their own outlines had been determined, a small protuberance jutted out from the northwest corner of what would later become North America."

-- James A. Michener

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“Any wrong decision you have ever made will become unimportant when your attention has shifted from it to a creative reason for living right here and now.”

Source : Raymond Charles Barker (2011). “The Power of Decision: A Step-By-Step Program to Overcome Indecision and Live Without Failure Forever”, p.50, Penguin
“We have to rise above bad fortune. We have to be in the good and enjoy the good, study and work and adventure and friendship and community and love.”
“I'm not stuck strictly doing hip-hop. Songs from the dance/electronic scene are my favorite to make and remix, and I like that world.”

Source : Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. February 6, 2012.
“I'm scared of him," said Piggy, "and that's why I know him. If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he's all right really, an' then when you see him again; it's like asthma an' you can't breathe...”
“SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one's life, without being influenced in one's decision by any inordinate affection.”
“Let's take back the rainbow for God. Let the homosexual community find a different religious symbol to commandeer... What I want is for the Christian community to wake up, wipe the sleep from their eyes, and realize that they are in a spiritual battle that isn't going away and has no demilitarized zones. The rainbow is a symbol, but it's meaning points to the very character of God. So Christians, use this God-given symbol for His glory. Using it won't make you a homosexual.”
“I didn't feel the need to have a lot of yes-men standing around me. As Mitchell Sharp once put it, the bigger the staff, the smaller the minister.”

Source : Jean Chretien (2010). “My Years as Prime Minister”, p.38, Vintage Canada
“Music was our way of remembering our inner selves, our values.”

Source : " My Take: 7 life lessons from a Holocaust survivor" by Caroline Stoessinger, religion.blogs.cnn.com. April 19, 2012.

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