"The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched."

-- Blaise Pascal

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“Well, there are two kinds of happiness, grounded and ungrounded. Ungrounded happiness is cheesy and not based on reality. Grounded happiness is informed happiness based on the knowledge that the world sometimes sucks, but even then you have to believe in yourself.”
“We create through our voice, through the power of our voice. So, when a person frees up their voice energies, from a yogic standpoint, they're increasing their potency as creators, to create in their life whatever it is they choose to create.”
“I donâ€™t drink, I donâ€™t smoke, I donâ€™t do drugs. I kick people in the face for a living. So, if thatâ€™s something youâ€™re into â€” if you like watching people get kicked in the face â€” come see me. Iâ€™ll probably be your favorite wrestler”
“Happy are those who find fault with themselves instead of finding fault with others.”
“If a guy can't handle your natural hair, he's weak. Why waste time on someone like that?”
“They said no one knew a man as well as a woman who slept with him.”

Source : Iris Johansen (2003). “Dead Aim”, p.186, Bantam
“We want to look at how we would respond because, as hard as we work to prevent terrorist attacks here North America, if we have a catastrophic terrorist attack, it is the military that is going to have to go in at the request of civilian authorities.”
“I am about to die. It is September 11, and every cell in my body is acutely aware of my looming demise. The certainty of it. The inevitability. Not years from now, not weeks nor days. Moments.”

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