"...Mama used to say that when you don't know what to do, do nothing. She meant you can try too hard to solve a problem. If you give it a little time, the answer might just come to you plain as day."

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Source : Amy Hill Hearth (2012). “Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society: A Novel”, p.164, Simon and Schuster

Amy Hill Hearth

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“Imagine if the mistakes we made actually helped us to just become better versions of ourselves. I believe this is what life is about, and when we look at it this way, then there is nothing to be afraid of!”
“When we come close to those things that break us down, we touch those things that also break us open. And in that breaking open, we uncover our true nature.”

Source : Wayne Muller (2013). “How Then, Shall We Live?: Four Simple Questions That Reveal the Beauty and Meaning of Our Lives”, p.41, Bantam
“Christian faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows. Standing without you see no glory, nor can possibly imagine any. Nothing is visible but the merest outline of dusky shapes. Standing within all is clear and defined; every ray of light reveals an army of unspeakable splendors.”
“Prior to the PATRIOT Act, the ability of government agencies to share information with each other was limited, which kept investigators from fully understanding what terrorists might be planning and to prevent their attacks.”
“Not surprisingly, thinkers from groups for whom whiteness was and is a problem have taken the lead in studying whiteness in this way. Such study began with slave folktales and American Indian stories of contact with whites.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“In film school, I knew I wanted to be a director, but I found out pretty damn quickly that nobody was just going to hand me a script to direct.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“In my view, the Western model of influencing the development of third world countries is doomed to failure. The West does not understand how to deal with states that no longer have any authority and are threatened by dissolution. Their efforts failed in Iraq as well as Afghanistan. They are simply not capable of promoting the indigenous economy. Many billions of dollars flooded into Afghanistan, but without any significant effect.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“You are in a position to create wealth not only for yourself but for your children and your children's children.”

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