"We like slipping, but not falling; our real anxiety is to be tempted enough."

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Source : Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”, p.180

Augustus William Hare

#Motivational Quotes #Real Quotes #Fall Quotes

“Every time you touch those who have power over the media, they seek to stop you.”

Source : "We need a surreal fantasist like Beppe Grillo to rescue Italy, says Nobel-winning playwright Dario Fo" by Tom Kington, www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2013.
“He became another data point in the American experiment of self-government, an experiment statistically skewed from the outset, because it wasn't the people with sociable genes who fled the crowded Old World for the new continent; it was the people who didn't get along well with others.”
“Men are pigs. I really have every sympathy for women that they actually have to choose one of these arrogant, stupid morons to settle down with and marry.”
“Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too.”
“The biggest mistake Barack Obama could have made is to change quite a few things in his Afghanistan policy. He increased the number of troops and at the same time set the US withdrawal date to 2014. Now the United States has to ensure that Afghanistan does not immediately collapse after being left to itself in 2014.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“In justification the word to be addressed to man is believe - only believe; in sanctification the word must be 'watch, pray, and fight.'”
“Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.”

Source : "Prison, revolution and reconciliation". Interview with Jonathan Steele, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2009.
“We spoke about our dreams and how we always felt safe in them, no matter how bad everthing else seemed. He told me it was one of the best days of his life and then he took out his gun. A .22 rifle. And he leaned forward and whispered, "Forgive me, Taylor Markham." Before I could ask how he knew my name and what I was to forgive him for he said, "Take care of my little girl." And then he told me to close my eyes. And I've been frightened to do just that ever since.”

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