"I donâ€™t think of myself as a dissident, and Iâ€™m more of an immigrant than an exile,"

-- Ha Jin

#Thinking Quotes #Exile Quotes

“The realization that we are all basically the same human beings who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering is very helpful in developing a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood; a warm feeling of love and compassion for others.”
“One cannot expect to coast along and rise automatically to the top, no matter what friends you may have in the company. There may have been a time when, in large corporations, a person could rise simply because he had a stock interest or because he had friends in top management. That's not true today. Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.”
“I was never really seeking to play music. I knew I wanted to do it, but I think I wasn't seeking it out because it seemed so abstract to me.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny.”

Source : "Adam Sandler Gets Serious". movieweb.com. December 16, 2004.
“It was a challenge to my teammates to help me.”
“The sun is perfect and you woke this morning. You have enough language in your mouth to be understood. You have a name, and someone wants to call it. Five fingers on your hand and someone wants to hold it. If we just start there, every beautiful thing that has and will ever exist is possible. If we start there, everything, for a moment, is right in the world.”
“I had just lost my dad and I remembered all the songs we used to go and hear at concerts, and the records around the house and sometimes we'd play together.”
“Oh yes. I'm an actor, so I just learn my lines, and show up and do it. I gave it a little bit of thought.”

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