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John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate that had accumulated in that region, in favour of a peaceful transition. This was, without doubt, something that changed European history. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#changed #contain #doubt #european #favour

The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend. ↗

— Lord Byron

#dog #firmest #first #foremost #friend

It's fear of being afraid that frightens me more than anything else. ↗

— Jerome Cady

#anything #being #being afraid #else #fear

Publishing your work is important. Even if you are giving a piece to some smaller publication for free, you will learn something about your writing. The editor will say something, friends will mention it. You will learn. ↗

— Tim Cahill

#editor #even #free #friends #giving

Just before my final year of high school, my brother, sister and I moved with my mother to San Francisco. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#brother #final #francisco #high #high school

My presence in the social media and on the Internet is much bigger than many of the other candidates, including Mitt Romney. So, when you take the social media and you take the Tea Party citizens movement, you have a combination there that, quite frankly, 10 years ago, I wouldn't have had a chance. ↗

— Herman Cain

#bigger #candidates #chance #citizens #combination

When you're playing the same dirty dozen night after night, the moments that keep it fresh are those when you just let go and trust everyone. ↗

— Jonathan Cain

#dirty #dozen #everyone #fresh #go

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ↗

— Elmer Davis

#free #home #land #long #nation

Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that's where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#am #because #comes #depressed #down

So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#close #closest #closest friend #death #died