"The true test of a brilliant theory [is] what first is thought to be wrong is later shown to be obvious."

-- Assar Lindbeck

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“I know some players like being the centre of attention and I admit that when I first became a player I liked fame, too. But that feeling lasted only for three months. Then I realised what it was really like to be the centre of attention all the time. It isn't all good.”
“You have to fight for what you need to fight for.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“That was when I found out that the best way in the world to make yourself feel better when you have hit bottom is to try to get somebody else to feel better. There are certain things in life that are truly worth knowing, and that is one of the big ones.”

Source : Samantha Shannon (2013). “The Bone Season”, p.256, A&C Black
“I don't think I'm better than anyone; I just like to prove to myself that things I imagine can be done.”
“The mystics are the only ones who have gained a glimpse into what is possible when this same capacity [for creation] is used primarily in the service of the individual himself instead of for the creation of art.”
“Ninety to ninety-five percent of people will withdraw to the comfort zone when what they try doesn't work. Only that small percentage, 5 or 10 percent, will continually improve themselves; they will continually push themselves out into the zone of discomfort, and these are always the highest performers in every field.”
“We could have lost faith and just let this battle with cancer get the best of us, or I could give my daughter's battle with cancer a purpose and use my platform to try to raise as much awareness as possible.”

Source : "The ESPYs: The Only Awards Show That Matters" by Ryan Bort, www.esquire.com. July 16, 2015.
“We want to create hope for the person ... we must give hope, always hope.”

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