"The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was very lucky, because my parents couldn't have afforded a university education for me. Without a scholarship I couldn't possibly have gone."

-- Trevor Nunn

#Winning Quotes #Parent Quotes #Lucky Quotes

“No administration in recent times has been able to tackle the needs of our veterans. On that, I do want to see Donald Trump successful. But in terms of his travel ban and immigration policy, I don't want to see him successful.”
“It would take an extremely large spacecraft to deflect a large asteroid that would be headed directly for the Earth.”

Source : "Nudging Killer Asteroids Off Course". "All Things Considered" with Nell Greenfieldboyce, www.npr.org. November 10, 2005.
“A man who fights you as he does is no better than an opportunist and no worse than a thug.”

Source : Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.141, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I don't use composers. I research music the way I research the photographs or the facts in my scripts.”
“I always get a little bit pissed off when stand-up comedy is not recognised as being as good a craft as being an actor. We give Oscars to people and it's like, 'Aw, this person is the greatest person on earth', but being an actor is pretty easy in comparison to stand-up comedy. It's no surprise that several stand-up comics have gone on to become great actors. I don't know any great actors that have gone on to become great stand-up comics.”

Source : Source: www.gigglebeats.co.uk
“The overintellectualization of surrealism can be a bromide. A dream interpreted is a deflated dream.”
“It was good to get a few days off after the number of games we had. Now it's back to reality.”
“I began to see myself as someone who can help others understand diversity rather than feeling like a social outcast. Ellen taught me to not care about other people's opinions. She taught me to be truthful. She taught me to be free. I began to live my life in love and complete acceptance. For the first time I had truly accepted myself.”

Source : Portia de Rossi (2011). “Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain”, p.303, Simon and Schuster

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