"There is nothing but water in the holy pools. I know, I have been swimming there. All the gods sculpted of wood or ivory canâ€™t say a word. I know, I have been crying out to them. The Sacred Books of the East are nothing but words. I looked through their covers one day sideways. What Kabir talks of is only what he has lived through. If you have not lived through something, it is not true."

-- Kabir

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“I'm really happy that it's in Russia. I've had a lot of success here. I had my first world championships here when I was younger so I am happy to do the Olympics here. I am really enjoying myself.”
“I am in a mixed race marriage myself, and I have a mixed race son....The racial perception interest is probably always going to be there to some extent.”

Source : Interview With Svetlana Legetic, brightestyoungthings.com. February 22, 2016.
“Golf is a good walk spoiled.”
“I know when something is done and when it isn't. There's been times working on movies when they [moviemakers] lock in a release date and so you're stuck to that schedule. But sometimes you're still editing and you feel like you're not really done, but they're sort of releasing the movie anyway - that's kind of depressing.”
“We should understand that our problems do not exist outside of ourself, but are part of our mind that experiences unpleasant feelings.”
“Where is your mother, Charlie asked. Dead. Iâ€™m sorry to hear that Thank you. But she was always dead.”
“In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north.”

Source : Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.40, VM eBooks
“There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule.”

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