1. 23 November 2009
    “Our individuality is all, all, that we have. There are those who barter it for security, those who repress it for what they believe is the betterment of the whole society, but blessed in the twinkle of the morning star is the one who nurtures it and rides it in, in grace and love and wit, from peculiar station to peculiar station along life’s bittersweet route.”
    Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

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  2. 16 July 2009
    “Frightened? Child, you’re talking to a man who’s laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe… I was petrified.”
    Frank Morgan, The Wizard of Oz

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  3. 07 July 2009
    “If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.”
    Harvey Milk (via hellovagina)

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  4. 04 July 2009
    “But you move me /
    You give me courage I didn’t /
    know I had /
    You move me on /
    I can’t go with you /
    And stay where I am /
    So you move me on /”
    Garth Brooks, You Move Me

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  5. 29 May 2009
    “She dreamed that she was commanded to descend into ‘A pit filled with hot stuff’ and immerse herself in it. This she did, till only one shoulder was sticking out of the pit. the Jung came along, pushed her down into the hot stuff, exclaiming ‘Not out but through.’”
    Aniela Jaffe

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  6. 04 May 2009
    “Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he does not have the drugs you and I have. Let us be the ones to say we are not satisfied that your place of birth determines your right to life. Let us be outraged, let us be loud, let us be bold.”
    Brad Pitt

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  7. 28 April 2009
    “One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.”
    Miguel de Cervantes,  Don Quixote

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  8. 06 April 2009
    “The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you’re not good enough. On occasion, some may be correct. But do not do their work for them. Seek any job; ask anyone out; pursue any goal. Don’t take it personally when they say ‘no’ — they may not be smart enough to say ‘yes’.”
    Keith Olbermann

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  9. 20 February 2009
    “People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.”
    Hermann Hesse

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  10. 19 February 2009
    “You have to stand for what you believe in. And sometimes you have to stand alone.”
    Queen Latifah (via littlemiss)

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