"There are many different rivers that lead into despair: there's poverty; there's political repression; there's gender apartheid - there's a sense of culture loss; there's religious fanaticism."

-- Lawrence Wright

#Religious Quotes #Loss Quotes #Rivers Quotes

“We want an ensemble of stars, not comets.”
“A man will part with anything so long as he's drunk, and you're drunk with him.”
“We're training kids to do what computers do, which is spit back facts. And computers are always going to be better than human beings at that. But what they're not going to be better at is being social, navigating relationships, being citizens in a community. So we need to change the whole definition of what success in school, and out of school, means.”

Source : Source: www.wbur.org
“I remember being so young I thought all artists were famous.”
“Team spirit spurs me on. I've always found it easier to be strong for other people than for myself.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In the military, I learned that â€˜leadershipâ€™ means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments,”

Source : "Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii Congresswoman-Elect, Applies For Daniel Inouye’s Senate Seat" by B.J. Reyes, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 25, 2012.
“Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.”
“Like most novelists, I like to do exactly the opposite of what I'm told. It's in my nature as a novelist. Novelists can't trust anything they haven't seen with their own eyes or touched with their own hands. (Jerusalem Prize acceptance speech, JERUSALEM POST, Feb. 15, 2009)”

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