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“I am no longer a divine biped. I am no longer the freest German after Goethe, as Ruge named me in healthier days. I am no longer the great hero No. 2, who was compared with the grape-crowned Dionysius, whilst my colleague No. 1 enjoyed the title of a Grand Ducal Weimarian Jupiter. I am no longer a joyous, somewhat corpulent Hellenist, laughing cheerfully down upon the melancholy Nazarenes. I am now a poor fatally-ill Jew, an emaciated picture of woe, an unhappy man.”
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“Even though it might appear otherwise from what I've said, I am not a racist. I should not have said what I did because it is not what I believe in my heart.”
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“It is a rose planted in your heart, and as it's thorns tear you, so does it thrive and flower”
Source : Sarah Monette (2008). “The Mirador”, p.304, Penguin
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“We tend to get what we expect.”
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“Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?”
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“Is imagination dependent upon experience, or is experience influenced by imagination?”
Source : Anita Shreve (2007). “A Wedding in December: A Novel”, Little, Brown
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“I fully support Donald Trump and Mike Pence administration. I think they're going to do a lot of great things very quickly.”
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“If you lower the ambient noise of your life and listen expectantly for those whispers of God, your ears will hear them. And when you follow their lead, your world will be rocked.”
Source : Bill Hybels (2010). “The Power of a Whisper: Hearing God, Having the Guts to Respond”, p.11, Zondervan