"Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order."

-- Katherine Mansfield

#Journey Quotes #Order Quotes #Risk Quotes

“One of the most productive times in my early writing life was while I had a full-time job as a word processor in a law firm and also worked part-time at night, often working until 11:00 P.M.”
“The greater the responsibility, the greater the reward.”
“What do we do if we pass a law that says this has to be done, and then China says, oh, well, OK, we're going to pass that law too and we want access to every iPhone in China? Iran says the same thing, Russia says the same thing - you know, the bad guys go underground. They'll shift to some other encrypted platform.”

Source : "Congress Should Decide Encryption Issue, Sen. Angus King Says". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. February 19, 2016.
“We deserve to know light. And grow evermore lighter and lighter.”

Source : Song: Sawdust and Diamonds, Album: Ys, 2006
“The library is not, as some would have it, a place for the retiring of disposition or faint of heart. It is not an ivory tower or a quiet room in a sanitarium facing away from the afternoon sun. It is, rather, a command center, a power base. A board room, a war room. An Oval Office for all who preside over their own destinies. One does not retreat from the world here; one prepares to join it at an advantage.”

Source : Eric Burns (1995). “The Joy of Books: Confessions of a Lifelong Reader”
“It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.”
“A great brand is a story thatâ€™s never completely told. A brand is a metaphorical story that connects with something very deep â€“ a fundamental appreciation of mythology. Stories create the emotional context people need to locate themselves in a larger experience.”
“America is a country ready to be taken-in fact, longing to be taken-by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process.”

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