"Was anything in the world truer than that intuitive leap of the heart?"

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Source : Richard Russo (2017). “Empire Falls”, p.390, Atlantic Books

Richard Russo

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“I have no doubt in my mind that our chief national problems relating to the eradication of poverty, illiteracy and disease and the scientific production and distribution can be tackled only along socialistic lines.The Very first thing that our future national government will have to do is to set up a commission for drawing up a comprehensive plan for reconstruction.”

Source : Subhas Chandra Bose, Narayan Gopal Jog (1973). “A Beacon across Asia: a biography of Subhas Chandra Bose”
“Italy offers one the most priceless of all one's possessions - one's own soul.”
“The secret of life does not lie in its chemical basis . . . Life succeeds precisely because it evades chemical imperatives.”
“We lived in a very modest house. My father drove modest cars, we didn't travel, we didn't do any of the things that, were commensurate with the kind of income that he was making. So we got this kind of, double message, which was, y'know, "You work hard and you make as much money as you possibly can, but you don't spend any money." And you see how well I learned that lesson.”

Source : Source: www.slate.com
“Don't throw away your friendship with your teenager over behavior that has no great moral significance. There will be plenty of real issues that require you to stand like a rock. Save your big guns for those crucial confrontations.”
“I'm always adapting, I'm always learning, and I'm always changing.”
“At first laying down, as a fact fundamental, That nothing with God can be accidental.”
“Every player should take 5 minutes to themselves before practice and mentally lock into what needs to be done.”

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