"I do not expect to see home again."

-- Edward Snowden

“It takes suffering to widen the soul.”
“You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by and large in the state courts”
“The ability to connect and influence people, that's the job of a leader. And we're all leaders at some level.”
“American traditions and the American ethic require us to be truthful, but the most important reason is that truth is the best propaganda and lies are the worst. To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. It is as simple as that.”

Source : Testimony before a Congressional Committee, pdaa.publicdiplomacy.org. May 1963.
“When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than to read.”
“I've always known my dad is a one-off and his own person. But I feel that underneath he has always loved me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. With a force mightier than gravity, it attracts the eye to its shimmering red presence in the clear night sky. It is like a glowing ember in a field of ethereal lights, projecting energy and promise. It inspires visions of an approachable world. The mind vaults to thoughts of what might have been (if Mars were a litter closer to the warming Sun) and of what could be (if humans were one day to plant colonies there).”
“People don't understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented. I was never the biggest. I was never the fastest. I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic, and that's been what has gotten me this far.”

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