"The artist in his teens who is happy is a charlatan. Life comes bursting in all around lis too suddenly, too crudely, too cruelly, for happiness."

-- William McFee

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“Refugee problems may often seem intractable but they are not insoluble. In our experience there are two basic prerequisites for solution: the political will of leaders to tackle the causes and to settle for peace, and international determination to push for peace and then to consolidate it. Consolidating peace means helping societies emerging from war to reintegrate refugees in safety and dignity, to rebuild their institutions - including in the field of justice and human rights - and to resume their economic development.”
“Even on education, his one accomplishment, the Leave No Child Behind Act, and he has left it unfunded.”
“I start thinking about life after death. I've got to quit thinking about it because it's very deep. Very deep. Sometimes you start thinking about it, and you don't feel like you want to be alive, so I don't like to get all quiet.”
“When I was younger I used to be devastated if I would lose.”
“Hoyt was by himself right under one of the portable lights rigged up for the occasion. He had his hands thrust in his pockets, and he looked more serious than Iâ€™d ever seen him. There was something strange about the sight, and after a second I figured out why. It was one of the few times Iâ€™d ever seen Hoyt alone.”
“A lot of ultramarathoners are soloists. They're single and live lives off the grid.”
“Lay siege to your sins, and starve them out by keeping away the food and fuel which is their maintenance and life.”

Source : Richard Baxter, William Orme (1830). “The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: with a Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings by William Orme”, p.255
“He who would confine his thought to present time will not understand present reality.”

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