"But the gates of my happy childhood had clanged shut behind me; I had become adult enough to recognize the need to conceal unbearable emotions for the sake of others."

-- Eva Figes

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“Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.”
“Love is a madness. Love is Failer - Durzo Blint”
“The price if freedom us eternal vigilance.”
“Albrecht's Law: Social innovations tend to the level of minimum tolerable well being.”
“I believe a No. 1 song starts happening when it's believable and validating.”
“But, you know, there's another group that really runs the show. It's very shadowy, just as you've described... Those of us in the Congress of the United States are window dressing.”
“I love Koscielny, I’ve seen him a lot. He has good leg speed, which reminds me of Lilian [Thuram]. The last time we spoke I told him to work hard and he’ll become one of the best defenders in the world. He’s at the standard of a Vidic or Pique. I mean that sincerely.”
“If Christian scientists had more science and doctors more Christianity, it wouldn't make any difference which you called in - if you had a good nurse.”

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