"I respect religion and will respect any religion."

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Source : "An Exclusive Interview With Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide". Interview with Nicolas Rossier, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 15, 2010.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

“Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. Its simply a choice to take action.”
“How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven.”
“Talking to animals' isn't a matter of words used, it is a matter of your thoughts, your expression, and above all the tone of your voice. A harsh voice from me can make my cows jump in terror. I shouted at old Queenie once and she got such a shock that she fell down just as if she'd been shot ...”
“La pereza anda tan despacio que la pobreza no tarda en alcanzarla.”
“I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.”
“Change allows us to exit the comfortable and enter the improved.”
“It's an up and down thing, the human goals, because the human is always an explorer, an adventurist.”
“For, as you know, religions are like glow-worms; they shine only when it is dark.”

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