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• It is not love, or morality, or international law that determines the outcome of world affairs, but the changing distribution of organized force

  William Woodruff

  Law, World, Outcomes

  William Woodruff (1998). “A Concise History of the Modern World: 1500 to the Present”, p.1, Springer

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• We are the decisive factor in the affairs of the universe.

  Derek Prince

  Factors, Universe

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• All love affairs are tragedies in the end unless the lovers die at the same moment.

  Katharine Kerr

  Tragedy, Lovers, Moments

  "Snare". Book by Katharine Kerr, 2003.

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• In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs are set forth; from books come forth the laws of peace. All things are corrupted and decay in time; Saturn ceases not to devour the children that he generates; all the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books.

  Richard de Bury

  Children, Book, Law

  Richard De Bury (2006). “The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of R”, p.9, Cosimo, Inc.

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• It is possible to speak with our heart directly. Most ancient cultures know this. We can actually converse with our heart as if it were a good friend. In modern life we have become so busy with our daily affairs and thoughts that we have lost this essential art of taking time to converse with our heart.

  Jack Kornfield

  Art, Good Friend, Essentials

  Jack Kornfield (2008). “A Path With Heart: The Classic Guide Through The Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life”, p.12, Random House

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• Here's what my love affair with quotations has taught me: the more you focus on words that uplift you, the more you embody the ideas contained in those words.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Uplifting, Ideas, Focus

  FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Aug 15, 2011

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• In human affairs, no single person, organisation or social formation ever has a final or an absolutely correct position. It is through conversation, debate and critical discussion that we approach positions that may provide workable solutions.

  Nelson Mandela

  Finals, May, Debate

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.356, Pan Macmillan

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• Doctrine is not an affair of the tongue but of the life.

  John Calvin

  Doctrine, Tongue

  John Calvin (2012). “On the Christian Life (Annotated Edition)”, p.17, Jazzybee Verlag

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• We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.

  Pericles

  Business, Men, Mind

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• Our culture highlights all the trouble, all the drama, all the affairs and all the junk. Do not believe for a minute that any of that reflects reality. That does not have to be your future. The handwriting is not written on the wall.

  Andy Stanley

  Wall, Drama, Believe

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• Kindness is not an illusion and violence is not a rule. The true resting state of human affairs is not represented by a man hacking his neighbor into pieces with a machete. That is a sick aberration. No, the true state of human affairs is life as it ought to be lived.

  Paul Rusesabagina

  Kindness, Men, Sick

  Paul Rusesabagina (2009). “An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda”, p.130, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there's a big difference between being a writer and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at the typewriter. You've got to want to write, I say to them, not want to be a writer. The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune, there are thousands more whose longing is never requited. Even those who succeed often know long periods of neglect and poverty. I did.

  Alex Haley

  Dream, Lonely, Writing

  "Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work". Book by Jack Canfield, Maida Rogerson, Mark Victor Hansen, and Martin Rutte, 1996.

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• I have always felt that public, commercial and community organisations should be as open as possible about their affairs. They need to be accountable to their owners, their customers, their members and communities and other interest groups.

  Laisenia Qarase

  Community, Groups, Needs

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• When Things Fall Apart” and I quote “Life is a good teacher and a good friend. Things are always in transition, if we could only realize it.  Nothing ever sums itself up in the way that we like to dream about. The off-center, in-between state is an ideal situation, a situation in which we don't get caught and we can open our hearts and minds beyond limit. It's a very tender, nonaggressive, open-ended state of affairs.

  Pema Chodron

  Dream, Hope, Teacher

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• A kid thinks her mother is just that -- hers. A mother is also a woman, an independent being, who doesn't want to be reminded by anyone, child or otherwise, of her tree-trunk thighs. The world made women's private lives a public affair to people who knew them and even people who didn't.

  J. Courtney Sullivan

  Mother, Children, Kids

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• The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.

  James Anthony Froude

  Mistake, Men, Issues

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• You never find friends them following your advice upon their own affairs; nor allowing you to manage your own.

  Willis Lamb

  Advice, Deference, Following

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• My longest love affair: with a book.

  Rebecca Mead

  Book, Love Affair

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• Women saw everything, and they thought about everything. The result was wisdom. For men, this was a frightening state of affairs, which is why they insist on holding on to power.

  Tamar Myers

  Men, Saws, Holding On

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• The Christian life is not just our own private affair. If we have been born again into God's family, not only has he become our Father but every other Christian believer in the world, whatever his nation or denomination, has become our brother or sister in Christ. But it is no good supposing that membership of the universal Church of Christ is enough; we must belong to some local branch of it. Every Christian's place is in a local church. sharing in its worship, its fellowship, and its witness.

  John Stott

  Christian, Brother, Father

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• Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go away from among men, if there are gods, is not a thing to be afraid of, for the gods will not involve thee in evil; but if indeed they do not exist, or if they have no concern about human affairs, what is it to me to live in a universe devoid of gods or devoid of Providence? But Gods there are, undoubtedly, and they regard human affairs; and have put it wholly in our power, that we should not fall into what is truly evil.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Fall, Men, Evil

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book II,

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• The Dreyfus Affair is an exceptional case. It's true that here and there you can find some dregs of anti-Semitism, but the situation is the same in every country. After all, you're not exactly a nation like all the other nations. You are unique, if only because you are such an ancient people, and because of the way you are spread all over the world and your obvious success in many fields. But, in all honesty, anti-Semitism in France has always remained on a minimal level, at the verbal level only. It never went as far as pogroms.

  Jean-Marie Le Pen

  Country, Honesty, Unique

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• Anything can happen in stock markets and you ought to conduct your affairs so that if the most extraordinary events happen, that you're still around to play the next day.

  Warren Buffett

  Play, Next Day, Events

  "When I Met the Legends of Investing - Part 3" by Vishal Khandelwal, www.safalniveshak.com. December 12, 2012.

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• We are in a world of irredeemable paper money - a state of affairs unprecedented in history.

  John Exter

  Gold, World, Paper

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• Money values do not simply mirror the state of affairs in the real world; valuation is a positive act that makes an impact on the course of events. Monetary and real phenomena are connected in a reflexive fashion; that is, they influence each other mutually. The reflexive relationship manifests itself most clearly in the use and abuse of credit.

  George Soros

  Fashion, Real, Impact

  George Soros (1994). “The Alchemy of Finance: Reading the Mind of the Market”, p.17, John Wiley & Sons

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