"We're none of us quite so sure of our place in the world that we can't be rocked off our feet by bad times. It's the getting back up again that counts. Not that you fall, but getting back up again counts for more in the long run."

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Source : Mercedes Lackey (2010). “Intrigues: Book Two of the Collegium Chronicles (A Valdemar Novel)”, p.18, Penguin

Mercedes Lackey

#Running Quotes #Fall Quotes #Getting Back Up Quotes

“I figure you're only here for a matter of moments. Ever since I was a kid watching movies I've always wanted to make people laugh or have some sort of emotional reaction.”
“The more minimal the art, the more maximum the explanation.”

Source : "Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations". 1989.
“Ever since I was a child, I always had insecurity or suspicions about my own personal identity. That's why I started going to a lot of movie theaters, because I felt more comfortable there than at school. Now, the search for a personal identity is becoming a common topic for young Japanese people, and it's a big theme in their own lives. But it's been a theme in my life, as well, ever since I was young.”

Source : Source: film.avclub.com
“Our physical unity has gone far ahead of our moral unity.”
“Today, much of journalism and politics are in a kind of collusion to oversimplify and personalize issues. No room for ambivalence. Plenty of room for the personal attack.”
“If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their priorities are off.”
“Investment in reliability will increase until it exceeds the probable cause of errors, or until someone insists on getting some useful work done.”

Source : Arthur Bloch (1991). “The complete Murphy's law: a definitive collection”, PSS Adult
“Play may not have so high a place in the divine economy, but is has as legitimate a place as prayer.”

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