"I don't think people would climb mountains or jump off bridges with parachutes or kayak Class V rapids if those things didn't offer the brief and horrible illusion of imminent death. They would just be complicated, time-consuming endeavors that we'd steer well clear of because they got in the way of real life."

-- Sebastian Junger

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“Harriet Levin [is] a shining poet in her generation.... The dynamics of her language and her vigorous voice distinguish all her poems. Levin's fearless willingness to tackle any subject combines with her subtle intelligence to produce a rare reading experience, the moving, psychologically sophisticated and intriguing work of a poet with both guts and craft”
“I don't watch trailers, I like to go into every movie fresh.”

Source : "Behn Zeitlin, ‘Beasts Of The Southern Wild’ Director, Explains Why He Pitched His Film As ‘A League Of Their Own’". Interview with Mike Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 29, 2012.
“Everyone needs a place where they can go to just ponder for a while. Silence is important; it's the only time you can hear the whispering of truth.”

Source : Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe, Jason Wright (2008). “The Christmas Sweater”, p.217, Simon and Schuster
“You won't acquire external Haters until you've conquered the internal Hater.”
“We do a lot of "capital I" important stories, but one I'd highlight is the work we've done on guns, not only for the acclaim it's gotten but also because it showcases all the different kinds formats we use. So we compiled a database of all the variables of all the mass shootings in America - work the government doesn't do, thanks to the NRA - which allowed us to surface patterns and make data visualizations of it.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com
“Power breeds responsibilities, in international affairs as in domestic -- or even private. To dodge or disclaim these responsibilities is one form of the abuse of power.”
“Living in Maryland, I saw that the opportunities were far greater in California than back home”
“[Donald] Trump has threatened to withhold investment in Scotland in response to the calls to ban him from the UK. Over the years Mr Trump has made a number of statements about the different scale of his investment in the UK and his willingness to maintain them.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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