"When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefiting others, one needs to be engaged, involved. This is action out of compassion."

-- Dalai Lama

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“She gave her heart to Jethro and her body to the whole wide world.”
“I have had built, from my designs, over 40,000 living units, and that's more than any other architect that I know of.”
“Nicky Egan has the finesse of Bonnie Raitt merged with the primal force of Janis Joplin. It is a rare combination. Her passion is a joy to behold - and her talent is undeniable. She belongs in any conversation about great contemporary female soul singers. If you're up for a revelatory evening, then put her high on your list.”
“I am a visible person. I'm visible and I'm controversial. I don't mind if you crave the limelight - but make it work for you!”

Source : Source: www.sfgate.com
“For this form of fishing (with a wet fly), the rod is no longer a shooting machine but a receiving post, with super-sensitive antennae, capable of registering immediately the slightest reaction of the fish to the fly.”
“It was a harder day's journey than yesterday's, for there were long and weary hills to climb; and in journeys, as in life, it is a great deal easier to go down hill than up. However, they kept on, with unabated perseverance, and the hill has not yet lifted its face to heaven that perseverance will not gain the summit of at last.”
“Age simply doesn't enter into it! The older the friend, the more he is valued, particularly when he shows so visibly the characteristics that we all look for in friends. You have only to look at a genuine teddy's face to see at once the loyalty, common sense, and above all, dependability behind it.”

Source : Peter Bull (1969). “The teddy bear book”
“A man who went to the 'footie' match on Saturday afternoon and played eighteen holes of golf was really doing his duty by the nation.”

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