"The choices we make within the boundaries of the twists of fate determines who we are"

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Source : John Perkins (2016). “The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man”, p.30, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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“We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone.”

Source : "General John Abizaid". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 4, 2004.
“Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before or since.”
“As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Compiled by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt and Kate Louise Roberts, 1922.
“I change my life when I change my thinking. I am Light. I am Spirit. I am a wonderful, capable being. And it is time for me to acknowledge that I create my own reality with my thoughts. If I want to change my reality, then it is time for me to change my mind.”
“I love those hockey moms. You know what they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is? Lipstick.”

Source : Palin’s Speech at the Republican National Convention, www.nytimes.com. September 03, 2008.
“As with editing, I think my strength as a writer is structure. It's not a skill that's much discussed when we discuss fiction, or not as much as language or character development anyway, but it's the first thing I determine before I begin writing - not just books, but anything. I think I know how to pace a narrative well. I think I'm aware of repetition, that I try to create different kinds of sentences as often as I can. Those are all things I learned from magazine editing.”

Source : Interview with Alexis Cheung, believermag.com. November 20, 2017.
“How many times had I let myself connect with someone only to have it thrown back in my face?”
“When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really PLAYED.”

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