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Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Carl Sandburg

European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.

John Bruton

Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.

Elizabeth Fishel

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust

Brennan Manning, The Dick Staub

Wine is a clog to the pen, not an inspiration

Mark Twain

Upon the standard to which the wise and honest will now repair it is written: You have lived the easy way; henceforth, you will live the hard way. You came into a great heritage made by the insight and the sweat and the blood of inspired and devoted and courageous men; thoughtlessly and in utmost self-indulgence you have all but squandered this inheritance. Now only by the heroic virtues which made this inheritance can you restore it again. You took the good things for granted. Now you must earn them again. For every right that you cherish, you have a duty which you must fulfill. For every hope that you entertain, you have a task that you must perform. For every good that you wish to preserve, you will have to sacrifice your comfort and your ease. There is nothing for nothing any longer.

Walter Lippmann

You were not in control You had no visibility: maybe there was a car in front of you, maybe not.

Alain Prost

That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many good minds.

Charles Dickens

A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.

Thomas Wolfe

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

A. J. P. Taylor

I hope there are some audiophiles still out there.

Norah Jones

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

George S. Patton