"When nothing was, then God was there, Had nothing been God would have been; My being has defeated me, Had I not been, what would have been."

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Source : Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ralph Russell (2000). “The Famous Ghalib”

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

#Defeated Quotes

“Look, we know we screwed up when we were in the majority. We fell in love with power. We spent way too much money - especially on earmarks. There was too much corruption when we ran this place. We were guilty. And that's why we lost.”

Source : "Yep, Eric Cantor Really Said All of These Things" by Austin Tedesco, www.boston.com. June 11, 2014.
“Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.”
“The voice of wisdom is inherent within us and willing to guide us when we stop to listen. Of course, there are times when we feel we've been still as stone, and the still, small voice is still too quiet to hear. When this happens, the challenge is to practice quieting your mind anyway. Stopping and asking, quieting and listening, trusting and waiting. Waiting is difficult but worth the effort because a quiet, uncluttered mind is a natural antenna for whispers of wisdom from within.”

Source : Sue Patton Thoele (2008). “The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Balance, and Opening Your Heart”, p.97, New Harbinger Publications
“I do love to perform. And I'm ever so grateful that this has turned into a job with a future.”
“It was a Friday night, she was at a club, and a good-looking man was currently giving her the I-want-to-take-you-home-and-I-hope-I-last-longer-than-five-minutes lookâ€¦ and she was thinking about pie, a young adult book, and feeding her cat. She was so turning into the cat lady at twenty-seven. Sweet.”
“High school dropout rates nationally - Not enough is being done on this issue.”
“It don't matter what you tried to do, you couldn't destroy me! I'm still standing! I'm still strong! And I always will be.”

Source : "Antwone Fisher". www.imdb.com. 2002.
“I'm admittedly a record guy. Singles and I are a different beast. I'm definitely an overall picture thinker.”

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