"Paradise is where I am"

-- Voltaire

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Paradise Quotes

“Open adoption, when it works, is fabulous. But when it goes wrong, it's so traumatizing for everybody.”
“Unless the Arab states give Israel formal recognition, within secure, recognised and mutually agreed boundaries, as a permanent feature of the geography and politics of the Middle East. But if Israel is to obtain this recognition, she must, in a settlement, put an end to the territorial occupation which she has maintained since the war of 1967; the nine members of the European Community have declared that this is an essential element in a settlement. On behalf of the British Government I underline that need today.”

Source : Speech to the UN General Assembly, October 5, 1976.
“I think it can be hard for any man to sometimes be upstaged by his wife. So when I'm home, I work very hard to be Todd's wife and Jade's mother. I have no problem going back to those traditional roles. I try to be Giada, the young girl that he met 20 years ago and fell in love with.”
“When you give in to aversion and anger, itâ€™s as though, having decided to kill someone by throwing him into a river, you wrap your arms around his neck, jump into the water with him, and you both drown. In destroying your enemy, you destroy yourself as well.”
“Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.”
“Itâ€™s when we say that we donâ€™t love something that people get surprised. â€œI thought you guys liked everything!â€ The stuff I donâ€™t like is the lounge-y muzak in restaurants, elevators and hotels. It really gets me angry, because itâ€™s supposed to be in the background. Itâ€™s not supposed to be something that people listen to.”
“Let us encourage the generosity which is typical of the young and help them to work actively in building a better world. Youth do not solely need material things. Above all, they need to have those non-material values which are the spiritual heart of a people ... spirituality, generosity, solidarity, perseverance, fraternity, and joy.”
“To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.”

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