"It is because you have the typical American habit of seeing everything as a test. You see the mountain as your enemy and you set out to defeat it. So, naturally, the mountain fights back and it is stronger than you are. We do not see the mountain as our enemy to be conquered. The purpose of our climb is to become one with the mountain and so it lifts us up and carries us along."

-- Harold S. Kushner

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“So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes.... TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium.”
“If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.”
“But can we please stop insisting that if low-wage workers earn a little bit more, unemployment will skyrocket and the economy will collapse? There is no evidence for it. The most insidious thing about trickle-down economics is not the claim that if the rich get richer, everyone is better off. It is the claim made by those who oppose any increase in the minimum wage that if the poor get richer, that will be bad for the economy. This is nonsense.”
“Every revolution seems impossible at the beginning, and after it happens, it was inevitable.”
“I did not want to make the widow record. I still haven't made the widow record.”
“I know you guys have some sort of weird thing going on, with that game you play and everythingâ€”" "It's called a friendship.”
“I'm a snake oil salesman as much as anyone else, but I try to keep something for myself.”
“For as long as I am alive, I will not rest in my desire to lead my people out of an abyss of corruption and poverty.”

Source : "Will Fawzia Koofi Be Afghanistan's First Female President?" by Fawzia Koofi, www.thedailybeast.com. January 6, 2012.

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