Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear. – Proverb
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Every human being is trying to say something to others. Trying to cry out I am alive, notice me! Speak to me! Confirm that I am important, that I matter!! – Marion D. Hanks
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They dont mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps Im not who I say I am when it comes to my faith – something which I find deeply offensive, and that has been going on for a pretty long time. – Barack Obama
Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat. – Ron Paul
