"Aging does not need to be hidden or denied, but can be understood, affirmed and experienced as a process of growth by which the mystery of life is slowly revealed to us."

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Henri Nouwen

#Growth Quotes #Age Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment.”

Source : Gary Chapman (2010). “The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set”, p.31, Moody Publishers
“I'm a boys' girl! I come from an army background and I haven't known what being a 'good Indian girl' means.”
“Once Celtic got their equaliser, they played a sort of anti-football.”
“If you are a Steve Earle and you're up on a platform and there are people out there listening to you, say something to them. Tell them something valuable. Tell them something they need to know. It doesn't have to be dictatorial, it just has to be informative.”
“The more minimal the art, the more maximum the explanation.”

Source : "Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations". 1989.
“May in Ayemenem is a hot, brooding month. The days are long and humid. The river shrinks and black crows gorge on bright mangoes in still, dustgreen trees. Red bananas ripen. Jackfruits burst. Dissolute bluebottles hum vacuously in the fruity air. Then they stun themselves against clear windowpanes and die, fatly baffled in the sun.”
“Jimmy Carter began his planning in the early summer of 1976, Ronald Reagan a year prior. The Clinton Administration, elected in 1992, lingered in naming its team, and as a result, took almost a year to staff its ranks.”
“What I should have done, if I was going to be a GM, was gone on the road, gotten into the personnel a lot better. Â To do that job, you've gotta do it all year. Â I just did it at draft time.”

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