"Nobody is bound by any obligation unless it has first been freely accepted."

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Source : Ugo Betti (1964). “Three plays on justice: Landslide. Struggle till dawn. The fugitive”

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“Delta's plan to upgrade JFK facilities will improve our customers' travel experience and make it more efficient and enjoyable to travel through one of the world's premier international gateways. Our customers should make no mistake that Delta is committed to New York and that this summer's expansion at JFK is an important step in offering enhanced service to customers in most every direction we serve from New York City.”
“I was like many another who starts an intrigue timidly. Once into it, I had to go on, and therefore I had to harden my sensibilities.”

Source : Elizabeth Borton de Treviño, Prentice Hall PTR, Prentice-Hall, inc (2000). “I, Juan de Pareja”
“Iâ€™d rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it.”
“Even though other people wrote my songs I put my stamp on them. I have a connection, but there is no truer connection than an artists and their own song.”
“The Light of the Lord's Transfiguration does not come into being or cease to be, nor is it circumscribed or perceptible to the senses, even though for a short time on the narrow mountain top it was seen by human eyes. Rather, at that moment the initiated disciples of the Lord 'passed', as we have been taught, 'from flesh to spirit' by the transformation of their senses, which the Spirit wrought in them, and so they saw that ineffable light, when and as much as the Holy Spirit's power granted them to do so.”

Source : "The homilies".
“Listening is the most dangerous thing of all, listening means knowing, finding out about something and knowing whatâ€™s going on, our ears donâ€™t have lids that can instinctively close against the words uttered, they canâ€™t hide from what they sense theyâ€™re about to hear, itâ€™s always too late.”
“I love tattoos. And mine symbolise who I really am. I have a Samurai on my left arm. At a subconscious level, I connect to this warrior and model myself on his discipline, skills and honour. There is also a tribal tattoo and a Chinese symbol of faith. I have seen a lot of people getting tattoos just because it's a trend.”
“The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”

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