"Every time we're about to criticize someone for what we think they did wrong, let's first remember to thank them for the things they did right. And to mean it; to sincerely affirm them. Then, if there's still a problem that needs to be shared, it will come from a completely different energy -- and actually be heard!"

-- Marianne Williamson

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“Freedom has become a commodity whose availability, paradoxically, keeps society in check. The threat of its loss seems to enable us to tolerate its imposition.”

Source : Andrzej Stasiuk (2009). “Fado”
“One of Alaska's strengths is our pioneer role in environmentally sensitive development.”
“We have a strong military deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. In countries like Syria, we need a diplomatic breakthrough to end the war. In Libya, the country must first of all be stabilized to stop IS. This means supporting the Libyan government, including in terms of security. We don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past in that country. The situation is extremely dangerous and the next days could be decisive.”
“A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.”
“God…is the center of all selves.”
“Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.”
“I have learned to enjoy the ups for what they are, because those are the moments that feel like they go by the quickest.”
“After all, we fought the Yanks in 1812 and kicked them the hell out of our country - but not with blanks.”

Source : Farley Mowat (1985). “My Discovery of America”, McClelland & Stewart

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