"Spirituality in Washington can be more of a - I don't want to say it - but, a networking opportunity. Religion is often used opportunistically in the political conversation."

-- Mark Leibovich

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“People are under the illusion that it's easy...Technically, it is complex. You have a million options with equipment to distract you. I tell my students to simplify their equipment.”
“It's got to be hard to be a band that's trading on your 40-year-old hits, where there's a certain thing that's expected of you. But that's why I admire Bob Dylan's live performances - he's steadfast about mixing up the songs, not just sticking to his greatest hits, and reinterpreting them to the extent that you really can't recognize them until halfway through. It's like, I DARE you to sing along.”

Source : Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. February 10, 2010.
“I know that sometimes the things we carry become too much for us. We are burned down, but somehow we have to pick ourselves up and keep going”
“When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.”
“Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there.”

Source : "ESQ&A: J.J. Watt (And His New Haircut)". Interview with Nic Screws, www.esquire.com. February 1, 2013.
“You cannot just work out and then eat poorly and expect to lose weight. It doesnâ€™t work that way.”
“Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We are condemned to work with upstarts, clowns who no doubt got their training in a circus and then turned to journalism as the appropriate place to display their tricks.”
“The loving personality seeks not to control, but to nurture, not to dominate, but to empower.”

Source : FaceBook post by Gary Zukav from Jan 23, 2016

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