"A man can be riddled with malaria for years on end, with its chills and its fevers and its nightmares, but if one day he sees that the water from his kidneys is black, he knows he will not leave that place again, wherever he is, or wherever he hoped to be."

-- Beryl Markham

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“My answer to someone who is in contrast with me - by not seeing God in the scientific data - is that you don't see God in the scientific data because you're not me. I have other experiences than you have, that bring me to look at this data as enriching my experience of God.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“We are all born naked into this world, but each of us is fully clothed in potential.”

Source : Emmitt Smith (2011). “Game On: Find Your Purpose--Pursue Your Dream”, p.3, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“Shatter the icons of slavery and fear. Replace the leer of the minstrel's burnt-cork face with a proud, serene and classic bronze of Benin.”

Source : Dudley Randall (2009). “Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall”, p.185, Wayne State University Press
“I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.”
“Those are miracles that no merely human brain can work. The artist is merely the sound conduct of a Force that dictates to him what he should do.”
“Wikipedia lacks the habit or tradition of respect for expertise. As a community, far from being elitist (which would, in this context, mean excluding the unwashed masses), it is anti-elitist (which, in this context, means that expertise is not accorded any special respect, and snubs and disrespect of expertise is tolerated).”

Source : "Why Wikipedia Must Jettison Its Anti-Elitism" at kuro5hin.org, December 31, 2004.
“Shift your frame of reference. Realise that all you see around you, Âthe reality we perceiveÂ, is a small stage upon which you act, and within it is an inner spaciousness that is infinite. Let's now explore the infinite.”
“I don't think there's a military solution. If we funnel in more weapons we're just likely to see more of them turned against us by the people we're trying to combat.”

Source : "Does America even have a Middle East strategy?". Interview with Ezra Klein, www.vox.com. June 18, 2014.

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