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I used to spend so much time reacting and responding to everyone else that my life had no direction. Other people's lives, problems, and wants set the course for my life. Once I realized it was okay for me to think about and identify what I wanted, remarkable things began to take place in my life. ↗

— Melody Beattie

#empowerment #life #lost #realization #life

Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#committed #crime #growing #haven #increasingly

I know three people who have got better after a brain tumour. I haven't heard of anyone who's got better from Alzheimer's. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#alzheimer #anyone #better #brain #got

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us. ↗

— Colin Powell

#citizens #community #country #educate #going

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing. ↗

— Colin Powell

#count #fancy #next #nothing #organization

A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows. ↗

— John Powell

#grow #his #horizon #much #only

In an era when party fundraising is badly tainted, dinners are a really good way of raising cash for campaigning. Lots of people giving very small amounts of money through ticket sales and raffle prizes: yes, it's much harder work than big donations, but I think it's a more democratic and transparent way of fundraising. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#big #campaigning #cash #democratic #dinners

The economic and social decline of Zimbabwe is shocking and appalling. Life there is unrecognisable from that of the recent past. Each day is a struggle for basic survival. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#basic #day #decline #each #economic

My dream has always been to suspend myself in space when I write, and lying horizontal in bed is the closest to doing that. ↗

— Richard Powers

#bed #been #closest #doing #dream

Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and it ain't easy - but man, the rewards! ↗

— Susan Powter

#anymore #does #easy #fly #hard