"There is one thing no people have ever done; that is, to oppose a threatening war with intelligent and vigorous purpose some years before it was due to arrive."

-- Carrie Chapman Catt

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“Besides, when I read the list of people who are supporting Kerry, if I wasn't already a Bush supporter, I would have immediately switched. Linda Ronstadt? Don Henley? Geez, that's a good reason right there to vote for Bush.”
“Our souls must become expanded by the contemplation of Nature's grandeur, before we can fully comprehend the greatness of man.”
“What is a man? What is a woman? Why are men and women attracted to each other? Why do they desire each other? Love...what is it?”
“Many a good intention dies from inattention. If, through carelessness or indolence, or selfishness, a good intention is not put into effect, we have lost an opportunity, demoralized ourselves, and stolen from the pile of possible good. To be born and not fed, is to perish. To launch a ship and neglect it is to lose it. To have a talent and bury it, is to be a "wicked and slothful servant." For in the end we shall be judged, not alone by what we have done, but by what we could have done.”

Source : Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1901). “Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock”
“But when I would see the surrogate, my first instinct, my first reaction would be jealousy, because she was doing what I wanted to do.”
“I was thinking that people have to believe you're crazy in order to take you seriously as an artist.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“There are many ways to calm a negative energy without suppressing or fighting it. You recognize it, you smile to it, and you invite something nicer to come up and replace it; you read some inspiring words, you listen to a piece of beautiful music, you go somewhere in nature, or you do some walking meditation.”

Source : Thich Nhat Hanh (2009). “The Art of Power”, p.19, Harper Collins
“I grew up extremely fast. I was racing at the age of five. I was racing on a semi-national level by the time I was 16. It makes you grow up fast.”

Source : "A CSJ Conversation with Justin Allgaier". Interview with CSJ, christiansportsjournal.com. March 10, 2017.

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