"It is one's duty to make the most of the best that is in him."

-- Stuart Duncan

“Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects.”

Source : Andrew Johnson, Paul H. Bergeron (1967). “The Papers of Andrew Johnson: February-August 1867”, p.86, Univ. of Tennessee Press
“I never think about my best interests. I think about what's the right thing to do in a situation.”

Source : "Sunday Profile" with Monica Attard, www.abc.net.au. August 07, 2009.
“The energy of live theater is indescribable. You are just in the moment for an hour and a half.”

Source : "Adrianne Palicki: I fell in love with the script … and the costumes!". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. September 20, 2010.
“Some people have a gift for making you feel okay, just by the fact of their presence.”
“I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.”
“Though sands be black and bitter black the sea, Night lie before me and behind me night, And God within far Heaven refuse to light The consolation of the dawn for me,-- Between the shadowy burns of Heaven and Hell, It is enough love leaves my soul to dwell With memory.”
“if we cultivate compassion for those who have hurt us, we have the possibility of overcoming our anger,pain, and fear. compassion is a great medicine.”

Source : Goldie Hawn (2006). “A Lotus Grows in the Mud”, p.50, Penguin
“To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking.”

Source : Maurice Blanchot (2015). “The Space of Literature”, p.29, U of Nebraska Press

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