"It is not that things happen to each of us according to his fate, but that he interprets what has happened, if he has power to do so, according to his sense of his own destiny ."

-- Cesare Pavese

#Fate Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Things Happen Quotes

“Let's start and build a House that works for the people, because this is the people's House,”
“It is the profoundest of cosmic ironies. The divine power, our true spiritual essence, does not achieve perfection until it hits the 'rock' bottom of the cosmos - the dense and crude earth. It remains imperfect until the moment of entombment for the simple reason that until that dark nadir is reached the experiential adventure of existence remains incomplete, and Self is not yet endowed with the entire spectrum of the light of consciousness - from spirit to matter - from the highest high to the lowest low.”

Source : Jason Augustus Newcomb, Lon Milo Duquette (2004). “The New Hermetics: 21st Century Magick for Illumination and Power”, p.14, Weiser Books
“I'm a textbook definition of that perfectionist girl who has huge expectations of herself.”
“It is vital for artists to nurture and protect that which will make their vision unique.”
“I'm a total Republican, but I've never claimed to be a Christian-right conservative. They're a large but dwindling part of the Party.”

Source : "The Dirty Trickster". Interview with Jeffrey Toobin, www.newyorker.com. June 2, 2008.
“When you feel like this isn't your business, get out of the business.”
“The best managers figure out how to get great outcomes by setting the appropriate context, rather than by trying to control their people.”
“You know, I'm sick and tired of people pointing rifles at me.”

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