"If there's a silver bullet in the battle to recapture Albany, it is the re-engagement of our citizens. This capital has become a physical metaphor for the isolation and alienation of our people."

-- Andrew Cuomo

#People Quotes #Battle Quotes #Citizens Quotes

“The only difference between an artist and a lunatic is, perhaps, that the artist has the restraint or courtesy to conceal the intensity of his obsession from all except those similarly afflicted.”
“I was into pain reduction and mind expansion, but what I've ended up with is pain expansion and mind reduction.”
“'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'”
“Vulnerability is not about winning, and it's not about losing. It's about having the courage to show up and be seen.”
“Many governments are giving subsidies to fossil fuel production and consumption that encourage greenhouse gas emissions, at the same time as they are spending on projects to promote clean energy. This is a wasteful use of scarce budget resources.”
“[May] understood people and she let them be whatever way they needed to be. She had faith in every single person she ever met, and this never failed her, for nobody ever disappointed May. Seems people knew she saw the very best of them, and they'd turn that side to her to give her a better look.”

Source : Karen Hesse, Cynthia Rylant, Cynthia Lord, Ann M. Martin (2013). “Scholastic Newbery Collection”, p.18, Scholastic Inc.
“Every book is a great action and every great action is a book!”
“What you are afraid of is never as bad as what you imagine. The fear you let build up in your mind is worse than the situation that actually exists.”

Source : Spencer Johnson (1998). “Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life”, p.32, Penguin

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