"I can still remember. I was ill, and I was seven, and my father didn't want me to just read children's books. He came with Conan Doyle. I tried, and I liked it. I think the first I read was 'The Sign of the Four'; 'Study in Scarlet' was the next one. Then I guess I stayed home a few extra days from school to read."

-- Henning Mankell

#Children Quotes #Father Quotes #Book Quotes

“To reach your own goals and dreams, you must learn how to assist others in reaching theirs”

Source : Joe Gibbs, Ken Abraham (2009). “Racing to Win: Establish Your Gameplan for Success”, p.49, Multnomah
“I am here on Earth to express myself, and the many media of art are my magic carpets that allow me the freedom to do so.”
“It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love.”
“I can understand the drug thing. So they feel that it's more important to take the drugs than to do a good show for the people.”
“For me, the movies I like are all independent. And getting an independent feature made, it's like you get down to the selling organs part, and it just loses some of its luster.”
“All dance has expression. If there is no expression, I prefer the circus. The performers do more dangerous, more difficult technical things than we do. But we are dancers. We have to express and we have to project.”
“People always ask you, 'What's your dream job?' This is my dream job. It really is a dream opportunity to have your own nationwide daily sports talk show for an hour.”
“Liberalism demands that people without guns be able to tell people with guns what to do.”

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