"I agree that special interest sections between Portugal and Indonesia can proceed without me being released."

-- Xanana Gusmao

#Special Quotes #Portugal Quotes #Indonesia Quotes

“Talent renders the whole idea of rehearsal meaningless; when you find something at which you are talented, you do it (whatever it is) until your fingers bleed or your eyes are ready to fall out of your head. Even when no one is listening (or reading or watching), every outing is a bravura performance, because you as the creator are happy. Perhaps even ecstatic.”
“God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.”
“The ideal project does not exist, each time there is the opportunity to realize an approximation.”
“I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off the train. He is certainly an excellent writer and a good person, but I'm not a nationalist.”
“People are important too, however, and what a terrible impact a total ban on hunting would have on the rural economy, which is still reeling from the after-effects of foot and mouth disease. With average net farm income having fallen to 5,200 per farm in England and 4,100 in Wales, it seems an act of spiteful vandalism to destroy literally thousands of jobs in deeply rural areas, when it is simply not necessary to do so and where no meaningful alternative employment exists.”
“If you are ignorant of God's Word, you will always be ignorant of God's will.”
“The word "Chivalry" is derived from the French Cheval, a horse.”

Source : Thomas Bulfinch (2012). “The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur”, p.6, The Floating Press
“Sympathy is the first great lesson which man should learn. It will be ill for him if he proceeds no farther; if his emotions are but excited to roll back on his heart, and to be fostered in luxurious quiet. But unless he learns to feel for things in which he has no personal interest, he can achieve nothing generous or noble.”

Source : Thomas Noon Talfourd (1848). “Critical and Miscellaneous Writings”, p.5

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