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“Negative space is important. When I teach students to read critically I advise them to look for what the author isn't saying just as carefully as for what he or she is.”
Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". Interview with Susan Lerner, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013. 
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“Let's face it, space is a risky business. I always considered every launch a barely controlled explosion.”
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“The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time. It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.”
Source : Abraham Joshua Heschel (2005). “The Sabbath”, p.22, Macmillan
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“Whatever sense of professional competence we feel in adult life is less the sum of accomplishment than the absence of impossibility: it's really our relief at no longer having to do things we were never good at doing in the first place - relief at never again having to dissect a frog or memorize the periodic table.”
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“In that instant they felt an overwhelming sense of pride and accomplishment. Though they had failed dismally even to come close to the expedition's original objective, they knew now that somehow they had done much, much more than ever they set out to do.”
Source : Alfred Lansing (2015). “Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage”, p.342, Basic Books
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“I had a mother I could only seem to please with verbal accomplishments of some sort or another. She read constantly, so I read constantly. If I used words that might have seemed surprising at a young age, she would recognize that and it would please her.”
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“My children without a doubt are my greatest accomplishment. If I did nothing else I would feel just having and raising them would be enough. The rest is icing.”
Source : "Andie MacDowell: Taking Risks, Staying Curious, Agreeing To Disagree". The Huffington Post Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 23, 2011.
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“I am proud of my work for my country.”
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“I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another part of me.”
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“We are all proud that through God's powerful aid, we have become once more true Germans”
