"We are what we do, especially what we do to change what we are."

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Source : Eduardo Galeano (2000). “Days and Nights of Love and War”, p.175, Pluto Press

Eduardo Galeano

“If you were to write down all the possible ways to motivate people to do better work, friendly praise would have to come near the head of your list.”
“In his opinion, working was vastly overrated. Particularly as a way to build character, for everyone who engaged in it was far too snappish and fussy, and seemed to have no manners at all.”

Source : Hilari Bell (2009). “Crown of Earth”, p.77, Simon and Schuster
“The protection of human rights to promote the dignity of the individual is too important a matter for symbolic gestures alone. It is only through the pursuit of practical and effective efforts to promote human rights that we show our real commitment to the welfare of individuals and society.”
“Standing in the corridor was a large plastic bin on wheels. He looked inside. Empty tins of dog food. That explained the spaghetti with meat sauce. Oh well, he'd eaten worse.”
“Pretty much everything about you gets me hot.”

Source : Jayne Ann Krentz (2008). “Sizzle and burn”
“Why is it fair game to question conservatives' love or loyalty to children or to their fellow man, but beyond the pale to question liberals' love of country?”
“We all listened to a lot of recorded music, especially American jazz, modern jazz, and that's where our studies were and our inspiration came from.”
“Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.”

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