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“If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their future political status aspirations accordingly.”

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Dick Thornburgh

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“There is no such thing as being non-political. Just by making a decision to stay out of politics you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it.”

Ifs Political Decision Inspiring Shapes Currents Empowering Staying Over You Political Systems Non Political

Author:Joan Kirner

“War is not women's history.”

War Inspiring Empowering

Author:Virginia Woolf

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.""Laughter is good for thinking because when people laugh, it is easier for them to admit new ideas to their minds.”

People Thinking Mind Ideas Humanity Inspiring Compassion Laughing Easier Laughter Luxury Empowering New Ideas Love And Compassion

Author:Dalai Lama

“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated."Mark McCormack, Author and sports entrepreneur"Psychologists tell us that money is a satisfier, not a motivator... Recognition is. That's why we do what we do... Recognition is critical to self-esteem. Without it, we feel undervalued, even insignificant. Money is nice, sure. But once you establish a basis of monetary rewards, without the accompanying verbal and social affirmation, the employee will quickly become disgruntled and ask for more. Eventually, more will never be enough.”

“But the artist persists because he has the will to create, and this is the magic power which can transform and transfigure and transpose and which will ultimately be transmitted to others.”

Artist Inspiring Magic Empowering Persist Magic Powers

Author:Anais Nin

“My Web site, everything I write in there is from me.”

Writing Site

Author:Fred Durst

“Indeed, the test of orderliness in a country is not the number of millionaires it owns, but the absence of starvation among its masses.”

Country Inspiring Numbers Mass Tests Absence Empowering Millionaire Starvation Orderliness

Book:Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace

Source: Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace

“Let us realize that engagement and detachment aren't opposite-the more engaged we become, the more detached we will have to be.”

Realizing Inspiring Opposites Engaged Empowering Engagement Detachment Detached

Author:Deepak Chopra

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