"I like Americans, but they are somewhat monocellular. When I talk with Americans, I often wonder why they are so simpleminded."

-- Ichiro Ozawa

“It is one of the truisms of politics that a conservative is often enough a former liberal who has been 'mugged by reality.'”
“There ain't no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.”
“I have been asked so many times why I live a green life, why water conservation, why getting wells in places, why work with water organizations, why conserve water at home with double-flush toilets, why I tell my daughters, "Turn off the tap" so much. Sometimes I want to say, "I wish I knew the answer." My answer really is: I don't understand why everyone doesn't feel this way.”

Source : "Building civilisation". Interview with Geraldine Bedell, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2006.
“Even when there's pressure and distractions and expectations from others or myself, it's a good thing. It just makes me a better person. It makes me stronger.”
“Twenty to one offend more in writing too much than too little.”

Source : Roger Ascham, James Upton, Thomas Master, Sir Henry Savile (1711). “The Schoolmaster: Or, A Plain and Perfect Way of Teaching Children to Underftand, Write, and Speak the Latin Tongue”, p.136
“Peace is self-control at its widest-at the width where the "self" has been lost, and interest has been transferred to coordinations wider than personality.”
“It's about sharing. You just give what you have to give wherever you go, and you let God handle the rest.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Gandalf thought of most things; and though he could not do everything, he could do a great deal for friends in a tight corner.”

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