"Even though we've written epic poems and made incredible films about love, I still don't think anyone can understand what it is, or why it means everything."

-- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

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“If there is no fate and our interactions depend on such a complex system of chance encounters, what potentially important connections do we fail to make? What life changing relationships or passionate and lasting love affairs are lost to chance?”
“The nurses at the hospital tried to soothe me, and they even tried unsuccessfully at one point to return me to Americans.”

Source : Opening Statement Before House Oversight & Govt. Reform Committee, delivered 24 April 2007
“Avoid the trap of looking back unless it is to glorify God for what He has done.”
“Canada used to be...one of our most...most loyal friends, and vice versa. I mean, Canada sent troops to Vietnam. Was Vietnam less containable and more of a threat than Saddam Hussein?”
“The photographer Ruth Bernhard used to tell me that this is like asking somebody how they evolved their signature. It is not something I've ever worked on consciously. I think style is just the end result of personal experience. It would be problematic for me to photograph in another style. I'm drawn to places and subject matter that have personal connections for me and I photograph in a way that seems right. Where does it all come from, who knows?”
“Life is made up of desires that seem big and vital one minute, and little and absurd the next. I guess we get what's best for us in the end.”
“Live concerts were to train the ears and to introduce, constantly, new musical ideas to the audience so the next time they showed up or the next record they would be ready and receptive.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The Supreme Court refuses to abandon its convoluted Lemon test. The Lemon test has created havoc, misunderstanding, and hostility toward religion.”

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