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“Soul health turns into whole health. Soul sickness turns into whole sickness.”
― Gregory Dickow, Soul Cure: How to Heal Your Pain and Discover Your Purpose

tags: courage, dig-deep, don-t-judge, explore, faith, find-yourself, goal-setting, judgement, laugh, learn

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“In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to convert her statements to English, Obama gave the chancellor and the press a big smile, saying, ‘I think what she said was good. I’m teasing.’ The laughter in the room drowned out the sounds of the cameras clicking and flashing, with Merkel’s giggle and smile among the loudest.”
― Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

tags: american-history, diplomacy, european-history, history, international, literary, politics, relationships, speeches, women-in-politics

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“Yesterday, because of Mrs. Struan’s letter to him, he had been confronted with an immortal truth: however loyal you are to a company, however much service you give “the company,” the company can and will spit you out at its whim, without conscience.”
― James Clavell, Gai-Jin

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“ “Yes, well, I thought you should see it. The cover page is in Arabic scribblin’, but the next hundred-plus pages are in five sections, and in English. I can’t for the life of me figure out what to make of it. This appears to be more American, and it seems to be a kind of scientific material. Have a look at it and let me know what to tell the boys in Z-land,”
― Karl Braungart, Fatal Identity

tags: biotechnology, diplomat, drama, fiction, iran, middle-east, nuclear, scientists, suspicion

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“Ngo Diem was heard to say, “I want a repressive machine controlling the whole of the country of South Vietnam from Saigon to the remotest villages. You shall apply massacres, torture, deportations, and mass imprisonment while conducting constant raids. You shall make the population so fearful of this government that no-one shall ever dare to become a revolutionary or any other kind of outlaw!”

(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
― Michael G. Kramer

tags: band-of-brothers, guns, love, loyalty, military-budget, pilots-family, politics, poverty

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