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		At the request of our Japanese partners, we have reopened these talks [about territories]. What command is given in this case in judo? You probably know better than I do: Yoshi (continue). So we will continue.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vladimir Putin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Do not think only of your own joy, but vow to save all beings from suffering. This is sharing in its highest form and purity beyond all poisons of this world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dalai Lama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A smile is just such an amazing thing. And to think that some of those people can now smile because they can see you, that gives me that sort of charge, energy... that's what powers up my batteries. That's the joy that I have and that keeps me going. That's my rocket fuel, I suppose. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabi Hollows 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Chinese government launched China's first 24-hour news channel. And since the channel will only report stories that are favorable to the ruling party, they've decided to call it Fox News. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Conan O'Brien 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All amateur travellers have experienced horror journeys, long or short, sooner or later, one way or another. As a student of disaster, I note that we react alike to our tribulations: frayed and bitter at the time, proud afterwards. Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Martha Gellhorn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The first merit of pictures is the effect which they can produce upon the mind; — and the first step of a sensible man should be to receive involuntary effects from them. Pleasure and inspiration first, analysis afterward. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Henry Ward Beecher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But what is more to the point is my belief that the habit of writing thus for my own eye only is good practice. It loosens the ligaments. Never mind the misses and the stumbles. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Virginia Woolf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		We are part of the whole which we call the universe, but it is an optical delusion of our mind that we think we are separate. This separateness is like a prison for us. Our job is to widen the circle of our compassion so we feel connected with all people and situations. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Albert Einstein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Socrates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I know that Instagram belongs to Facebook, so I cannot really stand on a political pedestal and say, "I'm against Facebook!" But I haven't wanted to be on Facebook from the beginning. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Camille Henrot 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Don't forget the prices are so high in theater; it isn't really where a young person can go on a date and buy two tickets and take someone out anymore. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Estelle Parsons 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, 'What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.' Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vincent Van Gogh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In many cases bands have a lot to overcome, business being what it is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Chris Stein 
			 
			
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