"Farewell, my children, forever. I go to your Father."

-- Marie Antoinette

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“No country has a perfect report card. While some countries have strong points in specific areas, they may have serious lacunae in other areas. For instance, some countries have made enormous progress on civil and political rights, but lag in the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights.”

Source : Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, July 1, 2013.
“I love how the men stand around cooking the barbie while the women have done all the work beforehand doing the marinade and making the salads and then everybody says, 'what a great barbie' to the guy cooking. A barbecue is just the ultimate blokes' pastime, isn't it?”
“Everybody has their own path. I just believe that with conviction and discipline you can make anything happen.”
“How does God save His people from the pleasure of sin? The answer is, â€œBy imparting to them a nature which hates evil and loves holiness.â€ This takes place when they are born again, so that actual salvation begins with regeneration. Of course it does; where else could it commence? Fallen man can neither perceive his desperate need of salvation, nor come to Christ for it, till he has been renewed by the Holy Spirit.”
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”

Source : Carl Sagan (2011). “Cosmos”, p.255, Ballantine Books
“If we believe that the sun and moon hang in the sky for our delight, there will be joy upon the hills and gladness in the fields.”
“People talk about the Patriot Act that was passed immediately in the wake of September 11. What the Patriot Act did was break down the walls between the various agencies.”
“I do a job I really, really love and I kind of have fun with. People think you can't be grown up unless you're moaning about your job.”

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