"Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental rule and learned to distinguish between what you can and can't control that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible."

-- Epictetus

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“It's all about this abstract entity called the story. It's all about the best way to tell the story, and to make a movie about the issues that this story is about. Filmmaking is storytelling, for me.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Having the urge to write is one thing; acting on it is another.”

Source : Roy Peter Clark (2011). “Help! For Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces”, p.10, Hachette UK
“He was not used to the smell of dragon breath, which is best described as a combination of the stench of burning rubber and the stink of old socks, with overtones of a hamster cage in dire need of a cleaning.”

Source : Angie Sage (2012). “Physik: Septimus Heap”, p.149, A&C Black
“Grizzly bears eat people without the benefit of music.”
“The Lord has a plan. We always think the plans are A, B, C and D, and everything is going to be perfect for us and it may not be that way, but it's still His plan.”
“How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?”
“I'm a conservative and I believe if you tax something more you get less of it.”

Source : "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley, www.realclearpolitics.com. May 1, 2011.
“I make a good fried chicken.”

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