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“I believe in the America people's ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them to lead their lives as they choose, they will succeed.”
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“My mom lived by herself with two kids. Sacrifice was the name of the game at our house.”
Source : "Serby’s Sunday Q&A with Victor Cruz". Interview with Steve Serby, nypost.com. August 22, 2010.
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“Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into excessive slavery. [Lat., Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit.]”
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“Perhaps the final hour is come I have left no testament Only a pen, for my mother I am no hero in an age without heroes I just want to be a man.”
Source : Bei Dao (1983). “Notes from the City of the Sun: Poems”
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“To release others from the expectations we have of them is to really love them.”
Source : "Going Within: A Guide for Inner Transformation". Book by Shirley MacLaine, January 1, 1989.
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“Renovating temples does not mean building great gate towers or receptacles for offerings. What we should focus on is the regular conduct of worship according to tradition, regular satsang, devotional singing, and so forth. Our devotion and faith give life to temples, not rituals and ceremonies. Children, we should remember this when we are involved in temple matters.”
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“I don't know if I would call it therapy, but filmmaking is really the only thing I know how to do. For me, making movies is a way to bring on change for myself, and I really enjoy that part.”
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“The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony.”
Source : Orhan Pamuk (2011). “My Name Is Red”, p.343, Faber & Faber