"You know, in Fairyland-Above they said that the underworld was full of devils and dragons. But it isnâ€™t so at all! Folk are just folk, wherever you go, and itâ€™s only a nasty sort of person who thinks a bodyâ€™s a devil just because they come from another country and have different notions. Itâ€™s wild and quick and bold down here, but I like wild things and quick things and bold things, too."

-- Catherynne M. Valente

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“Emotional instability can be one of the factors giving rise to a failure by chess players in important duels. Under the influence of surging emotions (and not necessarily negative ones) we sometimes lose concentration and stop objectively evaluating the events that are taking place on the board.”
“Contentment is just the realization that God has already provided for me today all that I need for my present peace and happiness.”

Source : "The Lord's Prayer" with Leslie Basham, www.reviveourhearts.com. August 29, 2016.
“I was in orchestra in high school, but I really started when a friend of mine who's a drummer showed me some things. I was always just really fascinated with drums, it was the instrument I was always drawn towards. My ear sort of went to rhythmic aspects of music and songs.”
“I wanted to write a book that showed how the subjectification of the "the murderer" has changed little in over a hundred years, and to argue that this "exceptional figure" serves a conservative function in modern culture that bears closer interrogation than it has commonly received.”
“I have a particular affliction. I am unable to say a word I can't spell.”
“A master should be paid liberally, in order to secure a person properly qualified.”
“We have people who were actually CSIs on set [CSI: Miami], so definitely I have learned a lot just having them around.”
“We need to build a beautiful granite and bronze monument in our nation's capital to honor American heroes, unsung American heroes. And those unsung American heroes are the rich.”

Source : "Bernie Goldberg Explains Why We Should Be Thanking Rich Americans". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. December 13, 2010.

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