"I've been indicted for rules that don't even exist"

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Source : The Hill Interview, December 11, 2006.

Tom DeLay

“The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line.”

Source : Marion Milner (2011). “A Life of One's Own”, p.33, Taylor & Francis
“To the love of pleasure we may therefore ascribe most of the agreeable, to the love of action we may attribute most of the useful and respectable, qualifications. The character in which both the one and the other should be united and harmonised would seem to constitute the most perfect idea of human nature.”
“You cannot govern the creative impulse; all you can do is eliminate obstacles and smooth the way for it.”

Source : Kimon Nicolaïdes (1990). “The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study”, p.151, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Sad to hear that George Michael has died.He was an exceptional artist and a strong supporter of LGBT and workers' rights.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Adam Roberts is the affable and infectiously curious friend we all wish we had with us in the kitchenâ€”the one who prods us with questions, entertains us with amusing tales, and makes us feel better when our cake flops.”
“Microfinance stands as one of the most promising and cost-effective tools in the fight against global poverty.”
“Listening is a very deep practice. You have to empty yourself. You have to leave space in order to listen especially to people we think are our enemies - the ones we believe are making our situation worse. When you have shown your capacity for listening and understanding, the other person will begin to listen to you, and you have a change to tell him or her of your pain, and it's your turn to be healed. This is the practice of peace.”
“I discovered very soon, especially for movies, because I started in theater, that every director has his own universe. You have to be free enough to try to understand what he wants from you. Especially when that director has a tremendous personality. And I'm talking about people like Pedro Almodovar and Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino and Woody Allen. And you have to adapt. If you don't adapt to them, you are off the thing.”

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