"Something must be done when you find an opposing set of desires of this kind well to the fore in your category of strong desires. You must set in operation a process of competition, from which one must emerge a victor and the other set be defeated."

-- Robert Collier

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“Here is the tragedy: when you are the victim of depression, not only do you feel utterly helpless and abandoned by the world, you also know that very few people can understand, or even begin to believe, that life can be this painful.”
“It's pretty cool to be able to hang out with the President and have the race-winning car on the South Lawn.”
“While I was an addict, I didn't write anything. I didn't have the attention span or the will.”
“... once you were in, they put a note in your file that said you were in therapy, and all your teachers saw that file. They might as well have tattooed CRAZY on your forehead. The next year every teacher would be watching you for the first weird thing you didâ€”and has there ever been a kid who never does anything an adult considers weird?”

Source : John Barnes (2009). “Tales of the Madman Underground”, p.15, Penguin
“It would be easy for this conflict to slip off the political agenda given how long it has been going on but for the sake of the people of Nepal for whom it is a daily tragic reality, the world must remain engaged and keep up the pressure on the government and the Maoists.”
“I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them.”
“A ballerina takes steps given to her and makes them her own. Each individual brings something different to the same role,”
“I have to admit, in the end, I like to surrender to someone; the person I love.”

Source : "Italian diva hopes U.S. will surrender to her sound". "The Music Room" interview, www.cnn.com. January 3, 2003.

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