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“Success is seldom permanent, and failure is seldom fatal. The important thing is to keep trying.”
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“The door of true knowledge will opento the light”
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“When you believe in what you’re doing, that’s the first thing. And you have to be resilient, because people are going to try to knock you down.”
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“The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools.”
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“It's a lifelong failing: she has never been prepared. But how can you have a sense of wonder if you're prepared for everything? Prepared for the sunset. Prepared for the moonrise. Prepared for the ice storm. What a flat existence that would be.”
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“Most of our love is shabby stuff, but there is always a thin line of gold, the bit of pure love on which all the rest depends -- and which redeems all the rest.”
Source : Iris Murdoch (1962). “An Unofficial Rose: A Novel”
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“I'm an optimist, but I'm an optimist who takes his raincoat.”
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“Justice is not available to all equally; it is something that many of us must struggle to achieve. As an elected official, I know that fighting for what is just is not always popular but it is necessary; that is the real challenge that public servants face and it is where courage counts the most. Without courage, our action or inaction results in suffering of the few and injustice for all.”
Source : "Immigrant's daughter Solis to lead Labor Dept". International Business Times, December 19, 2008.
