"All human power is a compound of..." - Quote by Honore De Balzac
All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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“All of the American's foreign wars have been fought with foes either too weak to resist them or too heavily engaged elsewhere to make more than a half-hearted attempt. The combats with Mexico and Spain were not wars; they were simply lynchings.”
“You can't be pitiful AND powerful.”
“Whenever I write a letter to a family who has lost a loved one in Iraq, or read an email from a constituent who has dropped out of college because her student aid has been cut, I'm reminded that the actions of those in power have enormous consequences--a price that they themselves almost never have to pay.”
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“I know not whether Laws be right,Or whether Laws be wrong;All that we know who be in jailIs that the wall is strong;And that each day is like a year,A year whose days are long.”
“The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”
“I never know what to tell them. I mean, there's nothing you can say to make a person stop hurting. Half the time, I just feel like telling them the truth. I'd say that for 3 months, you're going to feel worse than you've ever felt and you cope as best you can. And that after 6 months, the pain isn't so bad, but it still hurts more than you think it will. And even after years, you still find yourself thinking about the person you lost and get sad about it. And you still miss them all the time.”