"Just as hundreds of brushstrokes comprised a finished canvas, people were made up of a lifetime of experiences, both good and bad. And without knowing what someone had endured, it was impossible to truly know them - and accept them - for who they were."

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Source : Tamera Alexander (2011). “A Lasting Impression”, p.384, Bethany House

Tamera Alexander

#Knowing Quotes #People Quotes #Impossible Quotes

“Somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the food you eat has been touched by immigrant hands, and it is fair to say some of them are not here as they should be here. But if you didn't have these folks, you would be spending a lot more - three, four or five times more - for food, or we would have to import food and have all the food security risks.”

Source : "Vilsack offered to resign over flap" by Roger Simon, www.politico.com. August 25, 2010.
“The only reason you're undefeated at WrestleMania is because you've never faced me at WrestleMania.”
“Banging techno grooves from the one and only Ben Sims. Around the time of this was written he had that tribal/funky techno sound that rocked the dancefloor. He was a favorite then and still is now.”
“Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost.”
“I went to study some orchestration stuff because I got so inspired working with all the orchestras.”
“Everything is worthwhile if the soul is not small.”
“We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds. In whatever way we do thisâ€”through love, work, family, faith, friends, denial, alcohol, drugs, or medicationâ€”we build these walls, stone by stone, over a lifetime. One of the most difficult problems is to construct these barriers of such a height and strength that one has a true harbor, a sanctuary away from crippling turmoil and pain, but yet low enough, and permeable enough, to let in fresh seawater that will fend off the inevitable inclination toward brackishness.”
“I became very sensitive to what will happen to all this and all of us.”

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