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“Winning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else. Winning is important to any man's or woman's sense of satisfaction and well-being. Winning is not everything; but it is something powerful, indeed beautiful, in itself, something as necessary to the strong spirit as striving is necessary to the healthy character.”
Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books
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“I know that people think I'm sexy and I am looked at as that. It is cool with me. It's wonderful to have sexy appeal. If you embrace it, it can be a very beautiful thing.”
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“The brands with which we surround ourselves prop us up, make us feel sexy and beautiful, when in reality we're pretty dumpy creatures.”
Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". Interview with Susan Lerner, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013. 
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“Let me explain it to you then. I just had a beautiful girl trust me enough to touch her and see her in a way no one else ever has. I got to hold her and watch her and feel her as she came apart in my arms. It was like nothing else I'd ever experienced. She was breathtaking and she was responding to me. She wanted me. I was the one making her spiral out of control.”
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“Men pass away, but their deeds abide. [His last words.]”
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“Remember, 'Even this will pass away.'”
Source : "Quotations From Gurudev's Writings". Collected by Chinmaya Mission, Chicago, www.mychinmaya.org.
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“In that moment it dawned on me that everything has to line up perfectly for something to turn out this awful.”
Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.161, Thomas Nelson Inc
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“In those moments when priorities clash always stay guided by your values, not your perceived necessities.”
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“I can't remember all the times I've tried to tell myself to hold on to these moments as they pass”
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“Christians believe that God is everywhere and is involved in our lives at every moment, whether we publicly acknowledge God or not.”
Source : "Put God Back in Public Schools?" by Adam Hamilton, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 7, 2013.
