"In wheelchair sports, people thought athletes with disabilities were courageous and inspirational. They never give them credit for simply being competitive."

-- Jean Driscoll

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“The time is long overdue to encourage more women to dream the possible dream.”
“I don't think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media needs to be more careful and be willing to count to 10 before rushing on the air or into print.”
“I didnâ€™t tell him. He found out. Basically, he caught me coming in after the last time you and I saw each other. But he wonâ€™t give us away, Lucas. Heâ€™s even willing to help us see each other, as long as we help him with Charity.â€ â€œWhat, like, a fund-raiser or something?â€ Iâ€™d forgotten he didnâ€™t know her name. â€œThe vampire girl in Amherst.â€ â€œWaitâ€”Charity? Thatâ€™s her name? You were able to figure out who she is.â€ He smiled so proudly that all the tension of the moment instantly melted. â€œI fell in love with a genius.”
“Bold love is courageously setting aside our personal agenda to move humbly into the world of others with their well-being in view, willing to risk further pain in our souls, in order to be an aroma of life to some and an aroma of death to others.”

Source : Dan B. Allender, Tremper Longman (1992). “Bold love”, NavPress Publishing Group
“Six months have passed since that horrible, horrible event of terrorism in the twin towers and Washington. I hope people all over the world recognize that these bad people, these criminals who committed crimes like that will be shown to the courts, and the people will have justice, and that we all shall work together to prevent these bad people from hurting us again.”
“There's so many problems in our world, so much negativity. Don't worry about the darkness - turn on the light and the darkness automatically goes. Ramp up the light of unity within - help do that for yourself, help do that for the world and then we're really doing something, we're doing something that brings that light of unity.”
“If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.”
“Well, it looks like John Boehner will be the new Speaker of the House. He is the son of a bartender, one of 12 children. He grew up in a two room home with just one bathroom, worked his way through school, became the first person in his family to graduate from college. And, sadly, fell in with the wrong crowd and wound up in Congress.”

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