"He saw a lawyer killing a viper on a dunghill hard by his own stable; And the Devil smiled, for it put him in mind of Cain and his brother Abel."

-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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“The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.”
“When we are centered in joy, we attain our wisdom.”
“Valor is the soldier's adornment.”
“It is one thing to believe in God; it is quite another to believe God.”
“The scrutiny we give other people should be for ourselves.”
“Check out the albums, ... Check out the live performances. That's the reality of it all. Music is such an energizing thing.”
“Soon we will be strangers. No, we can never be that. Hurting someone is an act of reluctant intimacy. We will be dangerous acquaintances with a history.”

Source : Hanif Kureishi (2002). “Intimacy and Midnight All Day: A Novel and Stories”, p.10, Simon and Schuster
“In terms of homosexuality, not everyone is prepared for a daily struggle against nature. In some ways, people who challenge and subvert their biologically-determined body are struggling against nature. It's a mysterious combination of nature and nurture that determines a person's gender, and for whatever reason some people are driven to challenge their biological "destiny". It's a difficult struggle, and I believe it takes a lot of courage.”

Source : Interview with Jane Harris, logger.believermag.com. May 29, 2014.

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