"For only by nurturing the minds and strengthening the values of our children can we give them an opportunity to be full, productive citizens, to reach their God-given potential, and to have good jobs right here in Oklahoma."

-- Brad Henry

#Jobs Quotes #Children Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“Tremendous happiness and peace of mind are the results of loving service to others. Nobody can live fully and happily who lives only unto himself or herself.”
“The dead have no ears, no answering machines that we know of, still we call.”

Source : Bob Hicok (2013). “Elegy Owed”, p.53, Copper Canyon Press
“The final and only act of healing is to accept that there is nothing wrong with you.”
“I had a cousin once who lived in your dictionary, inside the binding, and there was a tiny hole which he used for a door, and it led out between trichotomy and trick. Now what do you think of that? It was only a few minutes walk to trigger, then over the page to trinity, trinket and trional, and there my cousin used to fall asleep.”
“â€ŽUsing his burgeoning intelligence, this most successful of all mammals has exploited the environment to produce food for an ever increasing population. Instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps it's time we controlled the population to allow the survival of the environment.”
“Your understanding of a place changes the longer you stay; you discover more, and your own life gets woven into the fabric of the community.”
“We all seem to stumble, planning our own demise, Getting the big picture, and making it wallet-sized.”
“Now that the Emperor has accepted the Potsdam Declaration, we must lay down our arms. Obeying the Emperor's order, we shall not fight. We must keep peace and order and we shall not make any trouble.”

Source : "Red Star Over Malaya". Book by Boon Kheng Cheah, p. 130, 2003.

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