"I don't have a specific mantra; It's more about believing that I'm tough. I've been through a lot, and I'm not wiling to let myself get beat."

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Katie Hoff

#Believe Quotes #Tough Quotes #Beats Quotes

“It sounds corny, but I've promised my inner child that never again will I ever abandon myself for anything or anyone else again.”
“My "degree" has done nothing for me at all. But that I've learned - the critical thought processes I've tried to keep sharp - these things were furthered along by college. I hated so much of my life "at university," but I also loved so much of it, and the things that I loved about it have kept me in a sort of "scholarly pursuit" to this day. Maybe it messed me up because I believe that there are things like truth and beauty, and that art and discussion can help us find them and enhance our lives.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“Typhoons are a sort of violent whirlwinds. Before these whirlwinds come on... there appears a heavy cloud to the northeast which is very black near the horizon, but toward the upper part is a dull reddish color. The tempest came with great violence, but after a while, the winds ceased all at once and a calm succeeded. This lasted... an hour, more or less, then the gales were turned around, blowing with great fury from the southwest.”
“Sexual difference is probably the issue in our time which could be our 'salvation' if we thought it through.”

Source : Luce Irigaray (1993). “An Ethics of Sexual Difference”, p.5, Cornell University Press
“People love to make excuses, forget all the excuses, if it doesn't work out, failure is the best thing that can happen to somebody, people are extremely scared of failure.”

Source : Source: www.parlemag.com
“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”
“You have to respect everybodys desires and way of living.”

Source : "Juan Pablo Galavis: Gays Should Not Be Allowed To Be ‘The Bachelor’". Interview with Sean Daly, thetvpage.com. January 17, 2014.
“To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar fact that civilization is a partial, incomplete, and, to a great extent, superficial modification of barbarism.”

Source : Elihu Root (1916). “Addresses on International Subjects”

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