"If I had wanted only to make lots of money, I would have chosen a different profession."

-- Peter Stamm

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“Stand by those who stand by you.”
“Although intelligence tests are usually speed tests for the sake of convenience, it is debatable whether speed has any rightful place in the basic concept of intelligence.”

Source : Isabel Briggs Myers, Peter B. Myers (1995). “Gifts differing: understanding personality type”, Davies-Black Publishing
“I like to talk to people. I've got one assistant, one Blackberry. That's my overhead. I don't text that much or email. I like to sit down face-to-face and have a conversation with you. I'm old-fashioned.”
“My family gave me values that have sustained me through situations that would challenge any person. My personal relationship with the Lord inspires me in all I do.”
“in today's world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.”
“I adore pretty things & witty words.”
“I remember my agent at the time called me and was like, "I've got it! I've found it! I've found your role!" I worked my ***** off to get that role, because I think me and three or four other girls tested for it. But it was a great time.”
“The history of human consciousness is marked by the battle between the old awareness, the ways of fear, and the new awareness, the ways of love.”

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