"I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for others. I prayed for everyone who came into my thoughts - - people with whom I had traveled, those who had been in prison with me, my school friends of years ago. I do not know how long I continued my prayer, but this I do know - - my fear was gone! Interceding for others had released me!"

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Source : Corrie ten Boom, Judith Couchman (2003). “Anywhere He Leads Me”

Corrie Ten Boom

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“It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.”
“When I did TV shows and movies, the studios did demographic research. They were shocked to find that my audience isn't just men who are too drunk to turn off the TV after football. It's women, too. I don't know exactly why, other than that I've tried to remain true to myself for all these years. I have gone through a lot, and I've been open about it. Maybe they look at me and can see how you can grow up, have children, continue to be sexy, get married and divorced and, though you grew up poor, live the American dream. I'm very blessed. I'm happy for it all.”
“I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.”

Source : Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.120, Diversion Books
“I take on issues that stir my passions about the state of humanity and our world, and I deeply believe in the power of still images to change people's minds,”

Source : "Vital oil: photographer Ed Kashi captures Nigeria's toxic legacy" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2010.
“If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says.”
“Obama's not embarrassing. The country is embarrassing.”
“I've never tried to be something I'm not.”
“A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don't mean this about small pieces of writing, but about a big book. If it's a big book, there has to be more than one undertow.”

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