“
Hindi ako hihingi ng dispensa sa mga nabulabog kong konsensya."
"Kung nasira ko man ang araw mo, o kung hindi mo ito inkinatuwa, malinaw na hindi ako ang tipo ng manunulat na gusto mong basahin. Pero hindi ito nangangahulugan ng pagkakakumpiska ng ballpen at lisensya ko para magsulat."
PERO
"Kung may magsasabi mn sa hinaharap na: "sana nagpatawa ka na lang!" yun ay opinyong handa kong tanggapin.
”
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Bob Ong (Stainless Longganisa)
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Straightening up so the full force of that cold blast hit him square in the face, Qhuinn glared into the rush, picturing those pines ahead that he couldn’t see because his eyes were watering from the wind. Opening his mouth, he screamed bloody murder, adding his voice to the maelstrom.
Godd*mn it, he wasn’t going down like a pussy. No ducking, no pathetic oh-please-God-no-saaaaaave-me. F**k that. He was going to meet death with his fangs bared and his body braced and his heart pounding not from fear, but from a whole boatload of . . .
“Blow me, Grim Reaper!
”
”
J.R. Ward (Lover at Last (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #11))
“
She's Heaven, I'm Hell.
When we're together
angels cry and Hell freezes over.
-Shadow
”
”
M.N. Forgy (What Doesn't Destroy Us (The Devil's Dust, #1))
“
സംതൃപ്തമായ യുവത്വം നിഷ്ക്രിയമായ യുവത്വവും നിര്ജീവമായ ജീവിതവുമായിത്തീരും... യുവത്വത്തിന് അതിന്റെ അസ്വസ്ഥത നഷ്ടപ്പെടുമ്പോള് അതൊരു യന്ത്രം പോലെ സമര്ത്ഥവും നിര്ജീവവും വന്ധ്യവും ആയിത്തീരും. വന്ധ്യതയ്ക്ക് ഒന്നിനെയും സൃഷ്ടിക്കുവാന് കഴിയാത്തതുകൊണ്ട് പുതിയ ഒരു ലോകക്രമത്തെ നിര്മ്മിക്കുവാനും അതിന് കഴിയില്ല.
”
”
M.N. Vijayan
“
Ik zit, m'n benen bunglend, op de waterkant
En in een bootje hoor ik ginds een tango spelen;
Verdomd! Ik wist niet, dat er in dit land
Nog zoveel aards geluk viel weg te stelen.
”
”
Gerard Reve (Terugkeer (Dutch Edition))
“
പുറത്താക്കാ പെട്ടവരും തോറ്റു പോയവരും പര്സ്വ വല്കരിക്കപെട്ടവരും കൊടുംകാറ്റായി ചീറി അടിക്കുമെന്ന മുന്നറിയിപ്പിന്റെ വിളക്ക് മടാങ്ങളില് ഇപ്പോഴും തിയെരിയുന്നു ഒരു വെളിച്ചവും കെട്ടിട്ടില്ല വന് കാറ്റുകളില് ആളി കത്തിക്കാനായി അത് ഓര്മകളെ ഇന്ധനമാകുന്നു
”
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M.N. Vijayan
“
Looking at him in his cut, tattoos peeking out beneath his shirt, I realize why I can't have a Prince Charming; I've fallen in love with the villain.
”
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M.N. Forgy (The Scars That Define Us (The Devil's Dust, #2))
“
Ze glimlachte de lach die ik zo goed kende en die nooit uit m'n geest zou verdwijnen. 'Dat gaat wel,' zei ze. 'Met mij ook,' zei ik. We logen, geloof ik, allebei.
”
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Herman Brusselmans (De dollartekens in de ogen van moeder Theresa)
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ഇരയായി ഉടുപ്പിട്ട് അഭിനയിക്കുകയാണ് ഇര പിടിക്കുവാനുള്ള പുതിയ തന്ത്രം. ആലയില് കടക്കാനും ആടുകളെ നയിക്കാനും ഇതും ഒരു തന്ത്രമാണെ് പഴമക്കാരും അറിഞ്ഞിരുന്നു. ആദാമിന്റെ സന്തതി പരമ്പരയില് ഈ തന്ത്രം ഇപ്പോഴും ഫലിക്കാതിരിക്കുന്നില്ല. അതുകൊണ്ട് ഒരാശയത്തെ നശിപ്പിക്കുവാന് അതേ ഇനത്തില്പ്പെട്ട സൂക്ഷ്മജീവികളെ നിയോഗിക്കാം. രാസായുധങ്ങളെക്കാള് മെച്ചം ജൈവായുധങ്ങളാണ്
”
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M.N. Vijayan
“
ആത്മീയമാകട്ടെ ഭൌതീകമാകട്ടെ എല്ലാ ദര്ശനങ്ങളും മനുഷ്യന്റെ അതി ജീവനത്തില് നിന്നുണ്ടയതാണ് പുറത്തുള്ള ലോകത്തേയും അകത്തുള്ള ലോകത്തേയും തിരിച്ചറിയാന് കഴിയാതെ വരുമ്പോഴാണ് ദാര്ശനിക പ്രശ്നങ്ങള് ഉണ്ടാകുന്നതു
”
”
M.N. Vijayan (Manushyar Parkkunna Lokangal)
“
Tuhanku, puaskan aku dengan aturanMu daripada aturanku, dengan pilihanMu daripada pilihanku
”
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Aguk Irawan
“
Another d-mn'd thick, square book! Always, scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh! Mr. Gibbon?
”
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Edward Gibbon (Memoirs of My Life)
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A mn ages hs enemy because he hates his own hate. He says to himself: I hate him not because he's my enemy, not because he hates me, but because he arouses me to hate.
”
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Elie Wiesel (Dawn)
“
ചിത്രീകരിക്കാന് തുടങ്ങുംബോഴേക്കും ജീവിതം തന്നെ മാറി പോകുന്നു.... ശാശ്വതികയുടെ സ്ഥാനത്ത് ക്ഷണികത പ്രതിഷ്ഠിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.. . ഒരിക്കല് ഉപയോഗിച്ച് വലിച്ചെറിയുന്ന ഉത്തരേന്ത്യന് മണ്ക്കപ്പു പോലെ യായി തീര്ന്നിരിക്കുന്നു ഇന്ന് ജീവിതം
”
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M.N. Vijayan (Varnnagalude sangeetham)
“
Fireflies can't live without the dark.
”
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M.N. Forgy
“
He leans his face next to my ear, his breath smelling of chocolate making me want him more. I moan, my body defying the warnings in my mind. “You can try and act like you don’t want me, that you have control,” he breathes into my ear as he thrusts his groin harder against me. He's still pulling my hair, making me arch my back. He slowly pulls his hips away and my ass thrusts itself against his groin trying to regain contact. The action takes me by surprise. Shadow lets out a vicious laugh. 'But your body can’t lie,' he nips my earlobe making me practically come on the spot, the pain shooting to my toes making them curl with pleasure, 'you have no power.'
”
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M.N. Forgy (What Doesn't Destroy Us (The Devil's Dust, #1))
“
October 16, 2009 Avengers Paintball, Inc. 1778 Industrial Blvd. Lakeville, MN 55044 Esteemed Avengers, This letter recommends Mr. Allen Trent for a position at your paintball emporium. Mr. Trent received a C– in my expository writing class last spring, which—given my newly streamlined and increasingly generous grading criteria—is quite the accomplishment. His final project consisted of a ten-page autobiographical essay on the topic of his own rageful impulses and his (often futile) attempts to control them. He cited his dentist and his roommate as primary sources. Consider this missive a testament to Mr. Trent’s preparedness for the work your place of business undoubtedly has in store. Hoping to maintain a distance of at least one hundred yards, Jason T. Fitger Professor of Creative Writing and English Payne University (“Teach ’til It Hurts”)
”
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Julie Schumacher (Dear Committee Members)
“
ചോദ്യം ചെയ്യുന്നവരെ പുറത്താക്കുമ്പോള് ഒരു പറ്റം ഭീരുക്കള് മാത്രം അവശേഷിക്കുന്ന ഒരു സ്ഥാപനമായി പാര്ട്ടി മാറും. ഭീരുക്കള്ക്ക് എത്ര കാലം അവിടെ ഒരു രക്ഷാ മാര്ഗ്ഗമായിക്കണ്ട ഒളിച്ചിരിക്കാനാവും? പരാജയപ്പെടുമ്പോഴും രക്ഷിക്കുന്ന സംരഭങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ കാലഘട്ടം നമ്മോട് ആവശ്യപ്പെടുന്നത്. ക്ഷോഭിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യര് ഒരു ദിവസം ക്ഷോഭത്തിന്റെ ഒരു നവന് കടലായി അലറി വന്നേക്കാം
”
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M.N. Vijayan
“
It’s nothing personal, but this is a business first.” Damn, if she hadn’t summed up the entirety of education in one line.
”
”
M.N. Bennet (Two Who Live On (Branches of Past and Future #2))
“
mnY reasonS of b"kup, but it hurts when you don"t know evN a single-1.
”
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sumit choudhary
“
mnY reason of b"kup, but it hurts moRe when you don"t know evN a single-1.
”
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Sumit Ð choudhary c2
“
I came trusting them. They beat me with rods of dullness. They don't know, they don't understand how agonizing their complacent dullness is. Like ants and August sun on a wound." - Carol Kennicott
”
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Sinclair Lewis
“
M'n kop zat vol woorden. Geniepige, verleidelijke woorden die zich verscholen tussen oude, stukgelezen kaften, klaar om je te overvallen zodra je het boek durfde te openen. Ze konden je betoveren, vleien, angst aanjagen, in de problemen brengen en gek maken, net als mensen. Maar anders dan bij mensen, nam je hen dat niet kwalijk. Zelfs als ze je aan het huilen maakten, deden ze dat op zo'n mooie manier dat je hun er dankbaar voor was.
”
”
Floortje Zwigtman (Schijnbewegingen (Een groene bloem #1))
“
If a person cannot swim across the river, he must take the bridge. He is not afraid of the water or worried that he may drown. But he takes the bridge out of necessity. It is a fact. To fear or worry over necessities (over facts), stills the mind. The stagnant mind only focuses and refocuses on a single point, without peripheral vision—it ponders danger, but it does not prepare for it. The brave man is not bound immobile with caution or lost scouting the fog of hazard calculating insurmountable variables. His sight and sense is not hindered and he may confront danger upon its arrival. To be brave is not to be careless or headstrong, but to act without expectation.
”
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M.N. O’Brien
“
The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing ‘God Bless America.’ No, no, no, God d*mn America, that’s in the Bible for killing innocent people. God d*mn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God d*mn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme.
”
”
Jeremiah Wright
“
That fire the lives so deep within you, that fire that makes you my Firefly, I’m afraid my darkness will snuff it out; take you under and make you someone different.
”
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M.N. Forgy (What Doesn't Destroy Us (The Devil's Dust, #1))
“
Zelfmoord heeft ze niet meer geprobeerd, want op het moment dat ze het ijskoude water voelde had ze gedacht: als m'n hart het maar niet begeeft
”
”
Nicolien Mizee (De porseleinkast (Faxen aan Ger #2))
M.N. Bennet (Three Meant to Be (Branches of Past and Future #1))
“
There were four warlocks here.
”
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M.N. Bennet (Three Meant to Be (Branches of Past and Future #1))
“
In every angel a devil smiles and in every devil an angel cries.
”
”
M.N. Forgy (What Might Kill Us (The Devil's Dust #5))
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Politics within a small village are tedious and normally best left unengaged.
”
”
M.N. Seeley (A Flicker Of Shadows)
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Peeking around each building, my body becomes one with the shadows. I’d give Michael Myers a run for his money in the stalking territory. Man, I hate that word. It’s just intense curiosity.
”
”
M.N. Forgy (Envy (The Elite Seven, #4))
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Ik heb me enige onsterfelijke verdiensten aan de mensheid verworven: ik heb nooit een slecht boek geschreven en ik heb het niet op m'n geweten, dat er een ongelukkige méér op deze aarde rondloopt.
”
”
Etty Hillesum (An Interrupted Life: The Diaries, 1941-1943; and Letters from Westerbork)
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Clamor is prohibited in the Cloud Recesses,” Lan Wangji stated. “Then scream for help quietly,” Wei Wuxian said. “Also, when I tear off your clothes, do your very best to keep me at bay. Cover and protect your chest for dear life. Don’t let me tear off anything.” There was momentary silence from under the blanket. “That sounds complicated,” said Lan Wangji, at last. “That’s complicated?!” Wei Wuxian blurted. “Mn,” Lan Wangji affirmed. “Nothing for it, then,” Wei Wuxian said. “Let’s switch. You can rape me instead—
”
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Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 5)
“
Then the well spoke to me. It said: Abundance is scooped from abundance yet abundance remains. This is a very Gandhian idea. Materialism reinforces a “paradigm of scarcity”: there is not enough to go around, so we are doomed to fight one another for ever-diminishing resources. Spiritual economics begins not from the assumed scarcity of matter but from the verifiable infinitude of consciousness. “Think of this One original source,” Plotinus said, “as a spring, self-generating, feeding all of itself to the rivers and yet not used up by them, ever at rest.” Or, as Gandhi put it, “There is enough in the world for everyone’s need; there is not enough for everyone’s greed.” The appearance of scarcity overcomes those for whom, as the Upanishad says, “the world without alone is real.” There is no scarcity of love, respect, meaning – the resources of consciousness. Such is the timeless wisdom of the Upanishads. –M.N.
”
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Anonymous (The Upanishads (Easwaran's Classics of Indian Spirituality Book 2))
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Wrath held her even closer, right to his beating chest. “. . . a son?”
“Yes. A son.”
All of a sudden, he felt the biggest, widest, happiest grin hit his face, the g*dd*mn thing stretching his cheeks until they hurt, making his eyes water from the strain, pulling at his temples until they burned.
And the joy wasn’t just on his puss.
A flush so great it burned him alive flooded through his body, cleansing him in places he didn’t know were dirty, washing out cobwebs that had crept into his corners, making him feel alive in a way he hadn’t been in a very, very long time.
Before he knew what he was doing, he burst to his feet with Beth in his arms, leaned back, and hollered at the top of his lungs, with more pride than his six-foot-nine frame could hold.
“A soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon! I’m having a soooooooooooooooooooooooon!”
-Wrath & Beth
”
”
J.R. Ward (The King (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #12))
“
The cumulative results of the brain’s chemical effects are not well understood. In the 1989 edition of the standard Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, for example, one finds this helpful formula: a depression score is equivalent to the level of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (a compound found in the urine of all people and not apparently affected by depression); minus the level of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxymandelic acid; plus the level of norepinephrine; minus the level of normetanephrine plus the level of metanepherine, the sum of those divided by the level of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxymandelic acid; plus an unspecified conversion variable; or, as CTP puts it: “D-type score = C1 (MHPG) - C2 (VMA) + C3 (NE) - C4 (NMN + MN)/VMA + C0.” The score should come out between one for unipolar and zero for bipolar patients, so if you come up with something else—you’re doing it wrong.
”
”
Andrew Solomon (The Noonday Demon)
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Fritz.”
The butler rushed over from the crudité arrangement he was working on. “Yes, master! I am eager to be of aid.”
“Take this.” iAm peeled the cat off himself, prying both of its front claws out of his fleece. “And do whatever it is you do with it.”
As he turned away, he felt like glancing back and making sure G*dd*mn was okay.
But why the fuck would he do that?
He had to get to Sal’s and check on his staff. Usually he hit the restaurant in the early afternoon, but shit had not been “usual,” what with that migraine: Every time his brother had one, they both got a headache. Now, though, with Trez rebounding and no doubt soon to be on the grind with that Chosen, it was time to get back on his own track. If only to keep himself from going psychotic.
Jesus Christ, Trez was now going to fuck that female. And God only knew where that was going to land them all.
Just as he hit the exit, he called out over his shoulder, “Fritz.”
Through the din of First Meal prep, the doggen answered back, “Yes, master?”
“I never find any seafood in this place. Why is that?”
“The King does not favor any manner of fin.”
“Would he allow it in here?”
“Oh, yes, master. Just not upon his table, and certainly never upon his plate.”
iAm stared at the panels of the door in front of him. “I want you to get some fresh salmon and poach it. Tonight.”
“But of course. I will not have it ready afore First Meal for you—”
“Not for me. I hate fish. It’s for G*dd*mn Cat. I want him served that regularly.” He pushed the door open. “And get him some fresh veggies. What kind of cat food does he eat?”
“Only the best. Hill’s Science Diet.”
“Find out what is in his food—and then I want everything hand-prepared. Nothing out of the bag for him from now on.”
Approval bloomed in the old doggen’s voice: “I’m sure Master Boo will appreciate your special interest.”
“I’m not interested in that bag of fur.”
-iAm, Fritz, & Boo
”
”
J.R. Ward (The King (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #12))
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Needless to say he had a newfound respect for that blind vampire.
There were very few things iAm hadn’t been able to move in his adult life.
He’d changed a tire while acting as his own tire iron.
Had been known to walk vats of sauce big as washing machines around a kitchen.
Hell, he’d even actually relocated a washer and dryer without thinking much about it.
And then he’d had to lift that truck off his brother about two years ago.
Another example of Trez’s love life getting out of control.
But down in the training center with Wrath?
There’d been no budging that fucker. The King had been bulldog-locked on—and the expression on his face? No emotion, not even a grimace of effort. And that body—viciously strong.
iAm shook his head as he crossed that apple tree in full bloom. Trying to budge Wrath had been like pulling on a boulder. Nothing moved; nothing gave.
That canine had gotten through, though. Thank God.
Now, ordinarily, iAm didn’t like animals in the house—and he definitely wasn’t a dog person. They were too big, too dependent, the shedding—too much. But he respected that golden whatever it was now—
Meeeeeeeeeeeerowwwwwwwwwwwwww.
“Fuck!”
Speak of the devil. As the queen’s black cat wound its way around his feet, he was forced to Michael Jackson it over the damn thing so he didn’t step on it.
“Damn it, cat!”
The feline followed him all the way into the kitchen, always with the in-and-out around the ankles—almost like it knew he’d been thinking benes about the dog and was establishing dominance.
Except cats couldn’t read minds, of course.
He stopped and glared at the thing. “What the hell do you want.”
Not really a question, as he didn’t care to give the feline an opening.
One black paw lifted and then . . . Next thing he knew, the g*dd*mn cat was leaping into his arms, rolling over onto its back . . . and purring like a Ferrari.
“Are you fucking kidding me,” he muttered.
-iAm & Boo
”
”
J.R. Ward (The King (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #12))
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Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Trez frowned at the sound. Cracking one eye open, he found his brother standing over his bed, Boo the black cat in the male’s arms, an expression of disapproval narrowing those icy eyes.
His brother’s, not the cat’s.
“Are you spending another night on your ass,” iAm bit out.
Not a question, so why bother throwing out an answer.
Groaning as he sat up, Trez had to brace his arms to keep his torso vertical. Apparently, while he’d been out of it, the world had turned into a hula hoop and the planet was going around and around his neck.
Losing the fight, he flopped back down.
As his brother kept standing there, he knew that this was the siren call back to reality. And he wanted to answer it, he really did. His body, however, was out of gas.
“When was the last time you fed?” iAm demanded.
He shifted his eyes over and dodged the question. “Since when are you an animal lover?”
“I hate this g*dd*mn cat.”
“I can tell.
”
”
J.R. Ward (The King (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #12))
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Dünkü düşünülerim buydu... Bugünse: geliyorum Viyana'ya, diyebilirim belki. Bugün bugün, yarın da yarın olduğuna göre, özgürlüğümü elimde tutuyorum demektir. Korkma, şaşırtı yapmam; perşembeden sonraya da kalmam. Geleceğimi bildiririm sana. (Yalnız seni göreceğim, başkalarıyla karşılaşmak istemiyorum.) Nasıl olsa salıdan önce olmaz. Güney İstasyonuna ineceğim anlaşılan - hangi istasyondan ayrılacağımı bilmiyorum daha-, o yörede bir yerde kalırım. Nerede ders verdiğini bilseydim, gelir beklerdim seni saat beşte. (Bu tümceyi bir masalda okumuş olacağım: "Ölmemişlerse yaşıyorlardır daha!..") Bugün Viyana'mn bir planını gördüm... Ne demeye böylesine koca bir kent kurmuşlar sanki? Tek oda yetiyor sana, değil mi?! Yemek için yazdıklarını şimdi okudum, haklısın, ben de öyle yapmalıyım. Günün birinde önemli biri olursam yaparım da belki. Korkarak, titreyerek, tetikte, bütün tüylerim diken diken olmuş bir durumda okuyorum mektuplarını... Odamdaki ekmek kırıntılarını kapmaya gelen serçeye benziyorum.
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Anonymous
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The methods of meditation taught by the Buddha in the Pali Canon fall into two broad systems. One is the development of serenity (samatha), which aims at concentration (samādhi); the other is the development of insight (vipassanā), which aims at understanding or wisdom (paññā). In the Buddha’s system of mental training the role of serenity is subordinated to that of insight because the latter is the crucial instrument needed to uproot the ignorance at the bottom of saṁsāric bondage. The attainments possible through serenity meditation were known to Indian contemplatives long before the advent of the Buddha. The Buddha himself mastered the two highest stages under his early teachers but found that, on their own, they only led to higher planes of rebirth, not to genuine enlightenment (MN 26.15–16). However, because the unification of mind induced by the practice of concentration contributes to clear understanding, the Buddha incorporated the techniques of serenity meditation and the resulting levels of absorption into his own system, treating them as a foundation and preparation for insight and as a “pleasant abiding here and now.
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Bhikkhu Ñaṇamoli (The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya (The Teachings of the Buddha))
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Goeie god, wat zou't prettig zijn dit allemaal voor me te houden!... geen woord meer te zeggen, niks meer te schrijven, zodat ze me eindelijk eens met rust laten... en dan ergens aan de kust aan m'n eindje te komen... niet aan de Côte d'Azur! maar aan de echte zee, de Oceaan... ik zou met niemand meer praten, volkomen met rust gelaten, vergeten... o ja? en waar haal je dan je vreten vandaan, Janneman?... trompetgeschal en tromgeroffel!... de touwen in, ouwe clown! en als de bliksem! hoger!... nog hoger! kom op, waar blijf je! het publiek wil maar één ding van je: dat je goed op je bek valt!
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Louis-Ferdinand Céline (Castle to Castle)
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Good friendship, in Buddhism, means considerably more than associating with people that one finds amenable and who share one's interests. It means in effect seeking out wise companions to whom one can look for guidance and instruction. The task of the noble friend is not only to provide companionship in the treading of the way. The truly wise and compassionate friend is one who, with understanding and sympathy of heart, is ready to criticize and admonish, to point out one's faults, to exhort and encourage, perceiving that the final end of such friendship is growth in the Dhamma. The Buddha succinctly expresses the proper response of a disciple to such a good friend in a verse of the Dhammapada: 'If one finds a person who points out one's faults and who reproves one, one should follow such a wise and sagacious counselor as one would a guide to hidden treasure'
If we associate closely with those who are addicted to the pursuit of sense pleasures, power, riches and fame, we should not imagine that we will remain immune from those addictions: in time our own minds will gradually incline to these same ends. If we associate closely with those who, while not given up to moral recklessness, live their lives comfortably adjusted to mundane routines, we too will remain stuck in the ruts of the commonplace. If we aspire for the highest — for the peaks of transcendent wisdom and liberation — then we must enter into association with those who represent the highest. Even if we are not so fortunate as to find companions who have already scaled the heights, we can well count ourselves blessed if we cross paths with a few spiritual friends who share our ideals and who make earnest efforts to nurture the noble qualities of the Dhamma in their hearts.
When we raise the question how to recognize good friends, how to distinguish good advisors from bad advisors, the Buddha offers us crystal-clear advice. In the Shorter Discourse on a Full-Moon Night (MN 110) he explains the difference between the companionship of the bad person and the companionship of the good person. The bad person chooses as friends and companions those who are without faith, whose conduct is marked by an absence of shame and moral dread, who have no knowledge of spiritual teachings, who are lazy and unmindful, and who are devoid of wisdom. As a consequence of choosing such bad friends as his advisors, the bad person plans and acts for his own harm, for the harm of others, and the harm of both, and he meets with sorrow and misery.
In contrast, the Buddha continues, the good person chooses as friends and companions those who have faith, who exhibit a sense of shame and moral dread, who are learned in the Dhamma, energetic in cultivation of the mind, mindful, and possessed of wisdom. Resorting to such good friends, looking to them as mentors and guides, the good person pursues these same qualities as his own ideals and absorbs them into his character. Thus, while drawing ever closer to deliverance himself, he becomes in turn a beacon light for others. Such a one is able to offer those who still wander in the dark an inspiring model to emulate, and a wise friend to turn to for guidance and advice.
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Bhikkhu Bodhi
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In August 2008, physicists Jere Jenkins and Ephraim Fischbach, of Purdue University, burst on the scene with an incredible claim. Decay constants are not so constant! Through detailed analysis, they found that the decay rate of radioactive manganese-54 (54Mn) fluctuates in correlation with solar flares (Jenkins and Fischbach 2008). And that was not all. It was also found that the decay rates of radioactive silicon-32 (32Si) and radioactive radium-226 (226Ra) vary over time and that the variations correlate with the changing distance between the Earth and the Sun (Jenkins et al. 2008). When the Earth is closest to the Sun (in January), the decay rate increases; when the Earth is farthest from the Sun (in July), the decay rate decreases. These are incredible, absolutely astounding results with profound ramifications.
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Robert M. Schoch (Forgotten Civilization: The Role of Solar Outbursts in Our Past and Future)
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If I have any common sense, I will stay away from him.
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M.N. Forgy (What Doesn't Destroy Us (The Devil's Dust, #1))
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The Protestant teachings caused people to view their work as a way of proving their love to God so they tried to do their best and give the best quality to God by giving the best quality to man.
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Sunday Adelaja
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Paul’s description of Satan as the “prince” (archMn) “of the air” (tou aeros) or “prince of the power of the air” (Ephesians 2:2) is indicative of where this deception will originate.
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Cris Putnam (Exo-Vaticana: Petrus Romanus, Project LUCIFER, and the Vatican's Astonishing Exo-Theological Plan for the Arrival of an Alien Savior)
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Wat de spelling aangaat, even als in m'n andere werken volg ik nagenoeg de mode van den dag. "Niet, zooals ik zeide in 't Voorbericht by den vyfden druk myner Ideen, omdat ik den minsten eerbied voel voor de taalkennis der personen die heden-ten-dage zoo goed als officieel belast schynen met de bearbeiding van dat veld, doch om niet het oog des lezers aftestooten door vreemdheid van spelling. De soep zou de kool niet waard zyn." Zeker, wezenlyke taalkunde is heel wat anders! Toch heb ik ook hier de leelyke i-j die door sommigen als y-klank gebruikt wordt, voor goed congé gegeven. Tant pis voor de Hilaridessen die er om treuren. Dezelfde soort van lettermannen zullen waarschynlyk geen vrede hebben met m'n interpunktie. Ik met de hunne niet. Welnu, evenals—ik meen—Hildebrand ergens, geef ik hun een paar mud komma's ten-geschenke, om die te plaatsen waar ze goedvinden, tot er de verlangde slymerigheid en hun voldoening op volgt, amen.
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Multatuli
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James Grenning, Elisabeth Hendrickson, Kenji Hiranabe, Greg Hutchings, Michael James, Clinton Keith, Joshua Kerievsky, Janne Kohvakka (and team), Venkatesh Krishnamurthy, Shiv Kumar MN, Kuroiwa-san, Diana Larsen, Timo Leppänen, Eric Lindley, Steven Mak, Shiva-kumar Manjunathaswamy, Brian Marick, Bob Martin, Gregory Melnik, Emerson Mills, John Nolan, Roman Pichler, Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck, Jukka Savela, Ken Schwaber, Annapoorani Shanmugam, James Shore, Maarten Smeets, Jeff Sutherland, Dave Thomas, Ville Valtonen, and Xu Yi.
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Craig Larman (Practices for Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Large, Multisite, and Offshore Product Development with Large-Scale Scrum)
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One final factor that weighs in favor of using document references is the case of many-to-many or M:N relationships.
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Rick Copeland (MongoDB Applied Design Patterns)
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A mn is created in the image of his God, for His glory.
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Lailah Gifty Akita
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I’m never awake at this hour. I hate the sun, and I hate people.
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M.N. Forgy (Beautiful Criminal (Omertà Law, #1))
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Kieran is the fucking devil in a suit, he doesn’t function like a normal human being or even someone who might have a mental illness. Kieran DeAngelo is his own species of man.
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M.N. Forgy (Beautiful Criminal (Omertà Law, #1))
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Ik denk dat m'n engelbewaarder vervangen is door een collega met meer verstand van zaken.
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Herman Brusselmans (De terugkeer van Bonanza)
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Ik heb het grootste deel van m'n leven in het onderwijs gezeten... ik was een bijzonder trage leerling.
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Herman Finkers
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All the men in her life had failed to protect her. They never realized they had something as rare as gold in the palms of their hands. Instead, they shoved her in a bottomless sinkhole to wither away. Now, I got to watch her rise from the ashes like a godd*mn phoenix.
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Natalie Bennett (Deviants (Badlands, #2))
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23 juli 1942. Donderdagavond, 9 uur
M’n rode en gele rozen zijn helemaal opengegaan. Terwijl ik daar in die hel zat, hebben zij daar maar stilletjes verder staan bloeien. Velen zeggen: hoe kun je nu nog aan bloemen denken. Toen ik gisteravond dat grote eind door de regen gelopen had met die blaar onder aan m’n voet, ben ik toch nog een straatje omgelopen om een bloemenkar te zoeken en ik kwam met een grote bos rozen thuis. En daar staan ze. Ze zijn net zo werkelijk als al de ellende, die ik op een dag meemaak. Er is voor veel dingen plaats in één leven. En ik héb zoveel plaats, mijn God.
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Etty Hillesum (An Interrupted Life: The Diaries, 1941-1943; and Letters from Westerbork)
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Bounce House Rentals Andover MN
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shayad mujhe tmse
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@ Love you my Dream.
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Awni
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Mijn God, ik ben moe,' zegt ze. 'Geen wonder, ik heb vandaag... Ik bedoel, vind jij het ook niet vermoeiend om door de stad te dwalen? Met al dat volk?'
Ik zeg haar: 'Ik vind dat verschrikkelijk. Ik vraag me iedere keer weer af waar al dat volk vandaan komt. Wat ze in godsnaam te zoeken hebben op straat. Waarom ze niet gewoon thuisblijven.'
'Heb jij dat ook? Ik ook. Ik kan er met m'n hoofd maar niet bij wat al dat volk telkens weer in de stad te zoeken heeft. Al die mensen... Ze zijn zo enorm... vermoeiend.
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Herman Brusselmans (Vrouwen met een IQ (Dutch Edition))
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Ik kijk door de halfgeopende jaloezieën. Ik zie een schim rond het huis van de buren waren. De schim van de man die ik tevoren al eens gezien heb in de tuin van de buren.
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Ik open m'n raam en ik roep, niet al te luid: 'Ik ga nu de politie bellen.' De schim verstijft. Ik blijf roepen: 'Ik ga nu de politie bellen. Ik ga nu de politie bellen. Ik ga nu de politie bellen. Ik ga nu de politie bellen. Ik ga nu de politie bellen.' De man is weggevlucht uit de tuin.
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Herman Brusselmans (Vrouwen met een IQ (Dutch Edition))
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Maar als ik nu 'ns... op een ultra-conservatieve partij zou stemmen. Zou dat een klacht waard zijn?' Ik weet niet waarom ik dat zeg. Het komt zomaar bij me op.
'Op welke partij u stemt, zijn uw eigen zaken. Trouwens, hoe zou ik dat ooit te weten komen? Ik neem aan dat u dat niet aan m'n neus zou hangen.' Ik denk even na. Ze heeft gelijk.
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Herman Brusselmans (Vrouwen met een IQ (Dutch Edition))
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Ik keer me om, bekijk haar. Ze zit te dommelen. Ze schrikt vrij heftig als haar telefoon zoemt. 'Shit,' zegt ze. Ze buigt voorover, neemt op. 'Ja?' zegt ze, en na een tijdje: 'Nee, twee valium van ... twintig milligram. Wat? Neem er dan vier van tien milligram, Jezus! Trouwens, weet je wat het met jou is? Jij moet eindelijk maar 'ns van dat wijf af! Waarom blijf jij daar in godsnaam bij? Heeft ze een gouden kat of zoiets? Jezus, ik zeg je al ongeveer... weet ik veel, vier maanden dat je van die teef af moet. Het is je eigen leven bla bla bla, maar als je dan toch hulp wil, wel dan is hier m'n hulp, makker: dump die geblondeerde hoer. Of steek haar in brand. En slik nu vier tien milligram-pillen en ga daar mee door tot... tot je oud bent.' Ze legt neer, steekt nerveus een sigaret op, zegt: 'Loser.' Ze neemt een trek, blaast woest de rook weer uit en zegt dan: 'Jezus, ik haat mannen die zich laten manipuleren door vrouwen.
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Herman Brusselmans (Vrouwen met een IQ (Dutch Edition))
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Ik keer me om, bekijk haar. Ze zit te dommelen. Ze schrikt vrij heftig als haar telefoon zoemt. 'Shit,' zegt ze. Ze buigt voorover, neemt op. 'Ja?' zegt ze, en na een tijdje: 'Nee, twee valium van ... twintig milligram. Wat? Neem er dan vier van tien milligram, Jezus! Trouwens, weet je wat het met jou is? Jij moet eindelijk maar 'ns van dat wijf af! Waarom blijf jij daar in godsnaam bij? Heeft ze een gouden kut of zoiets? Jezus, ik zeg je al ongeveer... weet ik veel, vier maanden dat je van die teef af moet. Het is je eigen leven bla bla bla, maar als je dan toch hulp wil, wel dan is hier m'n hulp, makker: dump die geblondeerde hoer. Of steek haar in brand. En slik nu vier tien milligram-pillen en ga daar mee door tot... tot je oud bent.' Ze legt neer, steekt nerveus een sigaret op, zegt: 'Loser.' Ze neemt een trek, blaast woest de rook weer uit en zegt dan: 'Jezus, ik haat mannen die zich laten manipuleren door vrouwen.
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Herman Brusselmans (Vrouwen met een IQ (Dutch Edition))
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Ik keer me om, bekijk haar. Ze zit te dommelen. Ze schrikt vrij heftig als haar telefoon zoemt. 'Shit,' zegt ze. Ze buigt voorover, neemt op. 'Ja?' zegt ze, en na een tijdje: 'Nee, twee valium van ... twintig milligram. Wat? Neem er dan vier van tien milligram, Jezus! Trouwens, weet je wat het met jou is? Jij moet eindelijk maar 'ns van dat wijf af! Waarom blijf jij daar in godsnaam bij? Heeft ze een gouden kut of zoiets? Jezus, ik zeg je al ongeveer... weet ik veel, vier maanden dat je van die teef af moet. Het is je eigen leven bla bla bla, maar als je dan toch hulp wil, wel dan is hier m'n hulp, makker: dump die geblondeerde hoer. (...) En slik nu vier tien milligram-pillen en ga daar mee door tot... tot je oud bent.' Ze legt neer, steekt nerveus een sigaret op, zegt: 'Loser.' Ze neemt een trek, blaast woest de rook weer uit en zegt dan: 'Jezus, ik haat mannen die zich laten manipuleren door vrouwen.
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Herman Brusselmans (Vrouwen met een IQ (Dutch Edition))
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Ik keer me om, bekijk haar. Ze zit te dommelen. Ze schrikt vrij heftig als haar telefoon zoemt. 'Shit,' zegt ze. Ze buigt voorover, neemt op. 'Ja?' zegt ze, en na een tijdje: 'Nee, twee valium van... twintig milligram. Wat? Neem er dan vier van tien milligram, Jezus! Trouwens, weet je wat het met jou is? Jij moet eindelijk maar 'ns van dat wijf af! Waarom blijf jij daar in godsnaam bij? Heeft ze een gouden kut of zoiets? Jezus, ik zeg je al ongeveer... weet ik veel, vier maanden dat je van die teef af moet. Het is je eigen leven bla bla bla, maar als je dan toch hulp wil, wel dan is hier m'n hulp, makker: dump die geblondeerde hoer. (...) En slik nu vier tien milligram-pillen en ga daar mee door tot... tot je oud bent.' Ze legt neer, steekt nerveus een sigaret op, zegt: 'Loser.' Ze neemt een trek, blaast woest de rook weer uit en zegt dan: 'Jezus, ik haat mannen die zich laten manipuleren door vrouwen.
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Herman Brusselmans (Vrouwen met een IQ (Dutch Edition))
M.N. Arzu (Underneath - A Merfolk Tale (Under, #1))
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On paper, the UN could offer the sun and the stars, but in reality, they were little more than a polite man asking to please behave nicely at a dinner party.
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M.N. Arzu (Underground - A Merfolk Secret (Under, #3))
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at the behest of L&T’s chairman, M.N. Desai. It was not just altruism that propelled Dhirubhai to acquire a stake in L&T. The project execution capabilities of the engineering major were valuable to RIL. As the single largest shareholder, Dhirubhai replaced Desai as L&T’s chairman and Mukesh and Anil secured board seats.
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Nandini Vijayaraghavan (Unfinished Business: Evolving Capitalism in the World’s Largest Democracy)
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Als kind kreeg ik niet eens een matchbokske van m’n ouders, dat was te duur. Toen ik later op geen frank moest kijken, dacht ik: ‘Potverdomme, ik heb nooit deftig speelgoed gehad. Het wordt tijd dat ik me eens een Ferrari aanschaf.
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Jean Pierre Van Rossem
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back then, i had an oversize sense of self-importance and absolutely no self worth [...] but the only reason people thought i had everything is because i had all the things you can see.
i had none of the things you can't.
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Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Ik wil een volkspartij oprichten, aangevuld met enkele macro-economen zoals Geert Noels. Lode Vereeck zou ik ook graag op m’n lijst hebben: een intelligent man met inzicht. Daarnaast zoveel mogelijk gewone mensen: een poetsvrouw bijvoorbeeld. Waarom niet? Ze zal alvast meer van economie kennen dan Hendrik Bogaert. Man, wat voor een idioot is me dat? En dat wordt dan nog staatssecretaris voor Ambtenarenzaken.
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Jean Pierre Van Rossem
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Je kan je niet inbeelden hoe rijke mensen in elkaar zitten. Om vier uur ’s nachts belden ze me uit m’n bed. ‘Heb je het gezien? De Nasdaq is gecrasht.’ Ik had geen leven meer. Ze maakten zich ook constant zorgen over me. Mijnheer Van Rossem, zo snel rijden met de auto, ik zou dat toch niet doen. Ik denk dat niemand ooit voor meer verzekerd is geweest dan ik. Ik was hun moneymaker, ze waren als de dood dat mij iets zou overkomen.
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Jean Pierre Van Rossem
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In ons leven krijgen we allemaal wel eens zo’n kans, alleen durven de meeste mensen die nooit te grijpen. Soms moet je eens foert durven zeggen. Ik heb m’n leven lang niks anders gedaan.
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Jean Pierre Van Rossem
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Mijn klanten waren geen arme sukkels. Bij mij moest je niet afkomen met een miljoen frank, je moest meteen 10 miljoen dollar neertellen. Als je bij hen geld zou achterhouden, maken ze je af. M’n klanten waren vooral Joden. Een heel speciaal ras, die brengen je tien miljoen dollar en moeten niks op papier hebben. Achteraf viel mijn frank: als er iets met me gebeurde, was er ook geen link, begrijp je?
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Jean Pierre Van Rossem
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Mijn leven hangt samen van onwaarschijnlijkheden. Ik was amper 20 toen ik met m’n klein autootje – een Honda – naar Parijs reed. Bij het binnenrijden van de lichtstad zag ik een mooie witte Rolls-Royce in panne staan. Die wagen bleek van weduwe Van Cleef (red. eigenares van het juwelenimperium Van Cleef § Arpels) te zijn. Ik stopte en kreeg de wagen aan de praat. ‘Mag ik als beloning er eens mee rijden?’ vroeg ik aan haar chauffeur. Zo legde ik contact met één van de rijkste mensen van Frankrijk. We praatten over literatuur en kunst en het klikte. Ze nodigde me bij haar thuis uit en ik ben er 14 dagen gebleven. We gingen samen op stap, ze kocht kleren voor me en ging met me in de chicste Parijse restaurants eten. Daar leerde ze me de beginselen van de etiquette. Ik was een gestampte boer, ik had nog nooit een wijnkaart gezien, maar dronk wel als een echte seigneur Chateau Petrus. Natuurlijk heeft alles z’n prijs. Op een avond wou ze met mij naar bed. Dat was niet simpel: ik was 20, zij 70. Maar toen ik thuiskwam stond er wel een Ferrari 250 LM voor m’n kot. En toen is het begonnen. Ik ging met die auto naar school en zette me op de parking van de proffen. Ineens kon ik elk wijf krijgen.
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Jean Pierre Van Rossem (De engel in de duivel)
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I may have to kill my cousin. It's unfortunate, really. He's my favorite cousin and a d@mn good business partner. Killing him will be all kinds of inconvenient for me. But it's inevitable at this point. He made my woman smile.
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Nichole Rose (The Bodyguard)
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I used to hunt for shooting stars. To know they had traveled billions of miles, just to burn and be over in a matter of seconds… that was what mattered to me, really. Not the brightness or the wishes… Just, you know? To see the end of such well-travelled nomads. I didn't want them to die alone.
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M.N. Arzu (The Librarian: A First Contact Story)
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Froggy Hops
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I smile lightly as they all head into the club, acting as if nothing savage just happened. It's crazy when you think about it. The hurdle of life's abandonment scarring us, we wake up every day in the hope of redemption, that today will be better, but it's a lie. In reality, you have to swim to survive, even if it means drowning the innocent to goet to the shore of hope.
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M.N. Forgy (The Scars That Define Us (The Devil's Dust, #2))
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All the elements were there: the frozen feeling bubbling up and permeating my body like quantum foam fizzing up to engulf the fragmenting mind, the feeling of acceleration, my dissolving self urging me to let go, to surrender, as I was sucked into the visionary maelstrom. … The experience was far more austere (than in the earlier trials – ed.) Reality is a hallucination generated by the brain to help make sense of our being; it is made of fragments of memory, associations, ideas, people you remember, dreams you’ve had, things you’ve read and seen, all of which is somehow blended and extruded into something resembling a coherent conscious narrative, the hallucination we call “experience.” Dimethyltryptamine rips back the curtain to show the raw data before it has been processed and massaged. There is no comforting fiction of coherent consciousness; one confronts the mindless hammering of frenzied neurochemistry (McKenna, Dennis. The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss – My Life with Terence McKenna. St. Cloud, MN: North Star Press, 2012, p. 160).
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Ralph Metzner (The Toad and the Jaguar)
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Matt Frauenshuh joined his family’s Dairy Queen franchises in 2006 when the group comprised only seven stores across the country.
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Matt Frauenshuh
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Live life to the fullest and never see anything as a regret, but as a lesson. When you love, love shamelessly and not with fear.
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M.N. Forgy
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We can’t just go out with guns and swords and kill a few gods to make this all better.”
“They’re not gods,” Adelyn said. “They’re… something, but not gods.”
“That’s aside the point. Unless you know how to kill immortal somethings, our only option is to hide somewhere safe.
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M.N. Jolley (Death Witch (The Sacrosanct Records #4))
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I’m a farmer. We’re being held prisoner in this ridiculous fortress by a wizard who wears minstrel robes to scare his followers, and my best friend in the world is a war criminal whose double-talk is so ludicrous that the world’s best lawyer would still call it a bit much, and I’m a farmer.
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M.N. Jolley (The Stone Warrior (The Sacrosanct Records #1))
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Death is certain. Life is not,
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M.N. Forgy (Beautiful Thief (Omertà Law, #2))
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Carter shouldn’t have to stress about a birth name that belonged to a person he never was.
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M.N. Bennet (Three Meant to Be (Branches of Past and Future #1))
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So many of the adults, in general, hated their lives and jobs and choices. And from a very young age, I knew I wouldn’t end up like any of them.
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M.N. Bennet (Three Meant to Be (Branches of Past and Future #1))
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The only thing worse than unnecessary professional learning was unwanted team-building exercises.
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M.N. Bennet (Three Meant to Be (Branches of Past and Future #1))
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In the Ariyan Dhamma, the practice of meditation unfolds from start to finish as a process of mental purification. The process begins with the recognition of the dangers in unwholesome states: they are real pollutants of our being that need to be restrained and eliminated. The consummation is reached in the complete destruction of the defilements through the cultivation of their wholesome antidotes. The entire course of practice demands a recognition of the differences between the dark and bright qualities of the mind, and devolves on effort and diligence: "One does not tolerate an arisen unwholesome thought, one abandons it, dispels it, abolishes it, nullifies it" (MN 2). The hindrances are "causes of blindness, causes of ignorance, destructive to wisdom, not conducive to Nibbana" (SN 46:40). The practice of meditation purges the mind of its corruptions, preparing the way for the destruction of the cankers (asavakkhaya).
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Bhikkhu Bodhi
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That was how education worked for the most part - someone disliked a system already in place and removed it without something new, or someone had a half-assed idea that sounded great in theory, but they impatiently tossed it out to the world and expected teachers to figure it out through trial and error. It's not as if these errors affect the kids or anything.
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M.N. Bennet (Two Who Live On (Branches of Past and Future #2))
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I spent so much time wrapped in other people's worlds, it had become impossible to discern what I wanted in my own.
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M.N. Bennet (Two Who Live On (Branches of Past and Future #2))
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Our jobs were to educate, and those outside the classroom ensured we did that by evaluating our stats because nothing said dedicated educator quite as much as cold, hard data.
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M.N. Bennet (Three Meant to Be (Branches of Past and Future #1))
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Chanelle was unabashedly proud of her open relationship and the many facets she explored with and without her husband. The pieces of themselves they’d learned over a decade of love lingered in each breath she took. I was already confused enough about my relationship; I didn’t need to spend the night locked in memories of Chanelle’s very adventurous marriage. There were more than a few questions I had about her relationship, but after that colorful snippet, I didn’t want answers. Chanelle was as free with her words as her thoughts. It was quite liberating to observe yet irritating to endure.
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M.N. Bennet (Two Who Live On (Branches of Past and Future #2))
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If I never left it for the rest of the year, I wouldn’t get to explore all of it. Not that I was Dora the g@dd*mn Explorer looking for adventure.
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Hayden Hall (Crossing Blades (Arctic Titans of Northwood U, #1))
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• Launched Real Time Talent, one of the most innovative workforce development initiatives in the country. It links the curriculum and training for more than four hundred thousand postsecondary students with the skill requirements of employers in the state (RealTimeTalentMN.org). • Created the Business Bridge, which facilitates connections between the procurement functions of large corporations and smaller potential suppliers located in the region. As a result of this effort, participating businesses added more than $1 billion to their spending with local businesses in two years—a year ahead of their goal. • Helped to build the case for investing more aggressively in higher education. By strengthening relationships between business and higher education leaders, and using a fact-based set of findings to justify investing more than an incremental amount, a coalition organized by Itasca helped increase spending in the state by more than $250 million annually. That’s not bad for a group of people with no budget, no office, no charter, virtually no Internet presence, virtually no staff—but a huge abundance of trust.
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Thomas L. Friedman (Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations)
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I was with two men that night, Mom! The baby could be either of theirs!
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M.N. Forgy (Bloodlines (Sin City Outlaws #5))
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R.C. Sproul (Can I Trust The Bible? (Crucial Questions, #2))