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Peter Kenyon

"And it would be a bit out of character. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may have started out as a reformer, but he really enjoys being seen as a larger-than-life tough-guy figure. He doesn't go on photographed hunting expeditions, for instance. But he does have hero moments, such as when his convoy stopped in the middle of the Bosphorus Bridge and he allegedly talked down a jumper, prevented him from committing suicide."

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Peter Kenyon

#Suicide Quotes #Hero Quotes #Character Quotes

“If you worry about the ones you missed, you are going to keep missing them.”
“It will be years - not in my time - before a woman will become Prime Minister”
“Throughout all history, the great wise men and teachers, philosophers, and prophets have disagreed with one another on many different things. It is only on this one point that they are in complete and unanimous agreement. We become what we think about”
“Before you judge me, ask me about my childhood. And I will ask you about yours.”
“Music has always been in me.”
“Trusting your energy policy to the fossil fuel lobby is like trusting your health care system to the tobacco lobby.”

Source : William H. Calvin (2010). “Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change”, p.128, William H. Calvin
“In life we only try to produce, to win, and enjoy the more we can; in science, to discoverand invent the more we can; in religion, to dominate (or rule over) on the greatest number of people we can; whereas the forming of the character, the further development (or in-dept analysis, "appronfondissement", Fr.) of the faculties of the intelligence ("les facultÃ©s de l'intelligence", Fr.), the refinement of the consciousness and of the heart, are considered incidental (or subordinate) things.”
“I do what I can when I can. When my kids are at school, I have to work. But I try to take 15 minutes during the day and meditate. During the day, that's Mommy time.I have so much fun with my kids. We laugh all day long together. But don't get me wrong; they know Mom will lay down the law and must be respected.”

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