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“I'm a work horse. I like to work. I always did. I think that there is such a thing as energy, creation overflowing. And I always felt that I have this great energy and it was bound to sort of burst at the seams, so that my work automatically took its place with a mind like mine. I've never had a day when I didn't want to work. I've never had a day like that. And I knew that a day I took away from the work did not make me too happy. I just feel that I'm in tune with the right vibrations in the universe when I'm in the process of working. ... In my studio I'm as happy as a cow in her stall.”
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“In shallow men the fish of little thoughts cause much commotion. In oceanic minds the whales of inspiration make hardly a ruffle.”
Source : "Autobiography of a Yogi". Book by Paramahansa Yogananda, 1946.
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“But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted.”
Source : "Girl's Power Wows Mercedes Ruehl". Interview with Matt Webb Mitovich, www.tvguide.com. June 19, 2006. 
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“Liberalism is essentially the belief that there can be a reconciliation of all difficulties and differences, and since there can't, it is a misleading way to approach politics.”
Source : "Singular Encounters" by Naim Attallah, Quartet Books, (p. 136), 1990.
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“There are some strong female performers out there. But the industry's pre-occupation with the packaging of how a woman looks has gone completely the other way, back to almost the 60s, early 70s.”
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“Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. Sure, there’s the talent, but there also has to be the will. Give me human will and the intense desire to win and it will trump talent every day of the week.”
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“Guys are control freaks and hate when other people know what's best for them”
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“We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.”
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“A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.”
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“President Obama pushed for fairness in the military, listening to commanders as we ended Don't Ask Don't Tell, and on how to allow women to officially serve in more combat jobs. Because America's daughters are just as capable of defending liberty as her sons!”
Source : Tammy Duckworth's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.
