"Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept."

-- Wallace Stegner

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“We were the ones on scene when everything went down. We weren't better. We weren't worse. We were just the ones standing in the blast radius.”
“Is there no reconciliation of some ancient quarrel, no payment of some long outstanding debt, no courtesy or love or honor to be rendered to those to whom it has long been due; no charitable, humble, kind, useful deed, by which you can promote the glory of God, or good-will among men, or peace upon earth? If there be any such, I beseech you, in God's name, in Christ's name, go and do it.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 204), 1895.
“It is a rare person who can pierce the veil between ordinarly life, consumed with matters of physical survival, and pursuit of the empowered path of purpose and meaning unless he or she is motivated by a crisis. Most often we require the failure of some system of power that we rely on before we take action.”
“Just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you need to - restraint is something I admire. At the end of the day, it is still a battle between good vs. crap.”

Source : "Best bits: live chat with David Droga - when strategy and creativity collide". Live chat, www.theguardian.com. April 17, 2012.
“It is a characteristic of old age to find the progress of time accelerated. The less one accomplishes in a given time, the shorter does the retrospect appear.”
“There are of course economic advantages to having Turkey as a member of the European club. It's a developing country with a large, reasonably well-trained labor force at a time when the European birth rate is dropping at a catastrophic rate and Europe is graying. It offers opportunities for greater trade and investment to the benefit of both Turkey and Europe.”
“I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine.”

Source : "'I do not use crack cocaine,' Mayor Rob Ford says". toronto.ctvnews.ca. May 24, 2013.
“Experts step outside their comfort zone and study themselves failing.”

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