"To be human : to strive in the face of the certainty of failure."

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Source : Spider Robinson (2013). “The Crazy Years”, p.148, BenBella Books, Inc.

Spider Robinson

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“Iâ€™m a huge South Park fan, loved Avenue Q and can not wait to work with Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Bobby Lopez and Casey Nicholaw. Elder Price is an amazing role and I am so excited to take The Book of Mormon across the country.”
“What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?”
“I've always had an ear for languages and music so it's something I'm continually working on but it's fun.”

Source : Source: www.moviesonline.ca
“The issue here is this, that the Government's argument at the present moment is the argument that now the war is over, terrorism is defeated, we have to focus on economic development which in the north and east particular, being the areas where the war was fought, development has to proceed at a pace. That people from those parts of the country are leaving seems to suggest a lack of confidence and certainty in the trajectory of this kind of economic development.”
“It's not always to the benefit of the story to have it so preordained.”

Source : "Chest Deep in Southern Literature: A Conversation with Daniel Woodrell". Interview with Brendan Dowling, publiclibrariesonline.org. May 20, 2013.
“What bothers you isn't so much whether you're beautiful or not. What bothers you is the way that people stare.”
“Where I am ignorant, Lord, teach me. Where I am wrong, Lord, correct me. Where I am right, Lord, confirm me.”
“People wonder how they are ever going to change their lives, but really it is frighteningly easy.”

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