Terry Waite quotes
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“At the end of the day, love and compassion will win.”
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“If one can understand why people behave as they do then often the road to forgiveness is opened. Not only is forgiveness essential for the health of Society, it is also vital for our personal well-being. Bitterness is like a cancer that enters the soul. It does more harm to those that hold it than to those whom it is held against.”
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“The terrible thing about TERRORISM is that ultimately it destroys those who practice it. Slowly but surely, as they try to extinguish life in others, the light within them dies.”
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“If you are bitter, it will eat you up and do you much more damage than the people who have hurt you”
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“Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity.”
-- Terry WaiteSource : 1986 Interviewed on ABC news, 3 Nov.
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“Sometimes the wheels of justice grind slowly.”
-- Terry Waite
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Source : A. A. Milne (2013). “The Red House Mystery and Other Novels”, p.1247, eBookIt.com
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Source : Aaron Sorkin's Commencement Address at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, news.syr.edu. May 13, 2012.
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“Winning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else.”
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“I feel very competitive with Robert Morse off-set. We often duke it out. He always wins.”
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Source : Agnivesh's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2004.
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