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“The whole point of rugby is that it is, first and foremost, a state of mind, a spirit.”
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“Children ... smile as many as 400 times per day.”
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“The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject.”
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“Gehrig was not like the common folk; Created, was he, like the strongest oak;”
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“The most valuable asset we have, actually, is our ability to understand, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be decent.”
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“The Great Work now, as we move into a new millennium, is to carry out the transition from a period of human devastation of the Earth to a period when humans would be present to the planet in a mutually beneficial manner.”
Source : Thomas Berry (2011). “The Great Work: Our Way into the Future”, p.3, Crown
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“The choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.”
Source : Gregory David Roberts (2004). “Shantaram: A Novel”, p.7, Macmillan
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“The duty of the artist is not to be calculating in any sense, so that he may be free himself of human emotions while carried by the universal forces of life. Only then does one not think about making art, or about styles, or directions. Something comes about, something happens.”
Source : "Karel Appel - the complete sculptures". Edited by Harry de Visser and Roland Hagenberg, 1990.