"Real love doesn't seek to acquire. It gives itself away. Its very nature is that of surrender, service, and generosity."

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Source : Catherine Ingram (2004). “Passionate Presence”, p.37, Penguin

Catherine Ingram

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“Most of the people you look at in the early days of Harlem - the zoot suits, the music, the style of fashion, the vibrant colors - that's all influences from the south.”
“However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm for the school that I changed course and entered Stevens Institute.”
“Iâ€™m here not because I am supposed to be here, or because Iâ€™m trapped here, but because Iâ€™d rather be with you than anywhere else in the world.”
“Either god should have written a book to fit my brain, or he should have made my brain to fit his book.”
“I've never seen a performer create electricity with an audience like James Brown. He's got everybody in his hands and whatever he wants to do with them, he does it. It's amazing. I've always thought he was underrated.”
“Education isn't just about feeding the brain. Art and music feed the heart and soul.”

Source : Julie Garwood (2013). “Six Contemporary Garwood Romances Bundle: Fire and Ice, Killjoy, Murder List, Shadow Dance, Sizzle, Slow Burn”, p.976, Ballantine Books
“I'm somewhat antagonistic towards these various projects that charge $250,000 per person for the ability to be weightless for 3 minutes after being brought up from earth. I think there are such better uses for that money that i seriously question the ethics of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on space flights for extremely wealthy people.”
“People are proud of their tattoos. It's like a modern coat of arms.”

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