"I think if you're a 'tiger parent' early on, you don't need to be a 'helicopter parent' in high school."

-- Amy Chua

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“Fasting deals with the two great barriers to the Holy Spirit that are erected by man's carnal nature. These are the stubborn self-will of the soul and the insistent self-gratifying appetites of the body.”

Source : "Derek Prince On Experiencing Gods Power".
“I am not an oligarch. I am a servant and I try to align my interests and those of my investors.”
“You're good at love," she said simply, because it seemed to her that it was true. "I'm not so good at love. I'm like a barbed creature. I push everyone I love away." He shrugged. "I don't mind you pushing me away if it means you love me, little sister.”
“After directing awhile, you get an instinct about it, but you have to be able to trust your own feelings. Invariably, two-thirds of the way through a film, you say, "Jeezus, is this a pile of crap! What did I ever see in it in the first place?" You have to shut off your brain and forge ahead, because by that time you're getting so brainwashed. Once I commit myself to a film I commit myself to that ending, whatever the motivations and conclusions are.”
“Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.”

Source : "Into the Wild". www.imdb.com. 2007.
“If a child is poor in math but good at tennis, most people would hire a math tutor. I would rather hire a tennis coach.”
“Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you'd most like not to lose.”
“Communism introduced into the world a substitute for true religion. It is a counterfeit of the gospel plan.”

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