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“The Sarajevans have a very particular world view - a mordant wit coupled with this unbearable sadness and... truckloads of guts, you know.”

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Geraldine Brooks

Geraldine Brooks is an Australian journalist known for her in-depth investigative reporting and unique narrative style. She has over 30 years of experience in the news industry, having worked as a journalist and editor for The Sydney Morning Herald, among other news organizations. more

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“She looked at me. "What? Is there something wrong with my idea?" "It's not very heroic," I said dismissively. "I was expecting something with a little more flair." "Well, I left my armor and warhorse at home," she said. "You're just upset because your big University brain couldn't think of a way, and my plan is brilliant.”

Thinking Way Wells Littles Said Ideas Home Bigs Left Brain Plans University Brilliant Upset Heroic Expecting Armor Flair Expecting Something

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“When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it he keeps a very small stock of it within.”

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Book:Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon

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“There is no broader way to apostasy than to reject God's sovereignty in all things concerning the revelation of himself and our obedience.”

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“Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace”

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Book:The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1789-1792

Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1789-1792

“My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.”

Kind All Things Mercy Civil War Providence Confederate

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“Bailing out people who made ill-advised mortgages makes no more sense that bailing out people who lost their life savings in Las Vegas casinos.”

People Made Lost Ill Saving Savings Vegas Las Vegas Mortgage Casinos Life Saving Bailing Out

Author:Thomas Sowell

“The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.”

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Book:Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties

Source: Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties

“He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.”

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Book:The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

“Inching one's way along a steep cliff in the dark: on reaching the highway, one breathes a sigh of relief. Just when one can't take any more, one sees the moonlight. Beauty that seems to infuse itself into the heart: I know about that”

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“And one of the things that I learned was you can't generalise at all about a woman in a veil. You can't think you know her story, because she will confound you over and over again. She may be an engineer or a diplomat or a doctor. Or she may be an unbelievable babe with bleached hair down to her waist.”

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Author:Geraldine Brooks