"It takes courage to die for a cause, but also to live for one."

-- Azar Nafisi

“We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face.”
“I have no words. Sixteen languages, but no words. -Vishous”
“If you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities.”
“Friend, you are a divine mingle-mangle of guts and stardust. So hang in there! If doors opened for me, they can open for anyone.”

Source : Frank Capra (1971). “The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography”
“History will remember Nelson Mandela as a champion for human dignity and freedom, for peace and reconciliation”
“I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me.”
“But I never worked with a northern horse before. They are very different from western horses.”
“Sport is singularly able to give us peak experience where we feel completely one with the world and transcend all conflicts as we finally become our own potential.”

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