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For a country is not merely a piece of earth; it is, above all, a compendium of social, cultural, and historical factors which begin to acquire sense and order through the process of writing. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#acquire #begin #country #cultural #earth

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. ↗

— Billy Graham

#health #lost #nothing #something #wealth

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#desert #desert island #divides #evils #find

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#attempt #case #confidence #difficult #dismayed

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win. ↗

— Steffi Graf

#difficult #how #lose #makes #realize

You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others. ↗

— Steffi Graf

#difficult #how #lose #makes #realize

A calling is you feel - you look out and see the need - maybe it's the need for the poor, to help poor people. Maybe it's the need to get involved in the race problem, as Martin Luther King was - felt called. ↗

— Billy Graham

#calling #feel #felt #get #help

Exaggerated self-importance is deemed an individual fault, but a racial virtue. ↗

— Kelly Millar

#exaggerated #fault #individual #racial #self-importance

The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention. ↗

— Bob Graham

#attention #clearly #great #president #result

The ultimate fun is doing nothing. I like doing nothing with people I like - maybe just eating, hanging out and talking. ↗

— Heather Graham

#eating #fun #hanging #i #just