"Cancer is enough to get my attention."

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Source : Charles Grodin (1993). “How I Get Through Life: A Wise and Witty Guide”, Quill

Charles Grodin

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“Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness.”
“In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that cannot be explained.”
“A coach who is not teaching leads to the worst thing in a program -- players not learning.”
“Two birds fly past. They are needed somewhere.”
“I don't think I'm gonna die tomorrow or even two weeks from now, or even ever. I just don't know - who the hell knows what's gonna happen to them? Nobody! Isn't that comforting? Nobody has a clue. I like that we don't know. And I like that it's somebody else's decision, not mine.”
“In prayer I was exceedingly enlarged, and my soul was as much drawn out as I ever remember it to have been in my life. I was in such anguish, and pleaded with so much earnestness and importunity, that when I rose from my knees I felt extremely weak and overcome; I could scarce walk straight; my joints were loosed; the sweat ran down my face and body; and nature seemed as if it would dissolve....”
“It's no sin to tell a good story.”
“...she refused to leave anything to someone else that she could do better herself.”

Source : Michelle Moran (2011). “The Egyptian Royals Collection: Three Historical Novels by Michelle Moran: Nefertiti, The Heretic Queen, and Cleopatra's Daughter”, p.1067, Broadway Books

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