"The Southbank Centre Unlimited Festival was a distinct moment in time, an amazing counterpoint to the London 2012 Paralympics. There is no question that a major shift in perspective is taking place, that the world is waking up and greeting - as if for the first time - the extraordinary community of people with disability."

-- Charles Hazlewood

#People Quotes #Perspective Quotes #Community Quotes

“The art and passion of reading well and deeply is waning, but [Jane] Austen still inspires people to become fanatical readers.”
“The cure for sorrow is to learn something.”

Source : Barbara Sher (2010). “I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It”, p.139, Dell
“The thing I have learned at IBM is that culture is everything.”
“If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so merry, It's just because I'm so misunderstood. When I was young I ate a dictionary, And that did not do me a bit of good. For I've absorbed so many words and phrasesâ€” They drive me dizzy when I want to speak. I start explaining but each person gazes As if I spoke in Latin or in Greek.”
“The type of Buddhist practices that I talk about in 'The Art of Happiness' have to do with reconditioning one's way of thinking and one's outlook, and one's perception and how one relates to people. That type of thing, any Westerner can practice at any time.”

Source : "Writer searches for happiness with the Dalai Lama" by Jamie Allen, www.cnn.com.
“I've always wanted to do a movie that takes place in the 70's and was about rock and roll and getting high, like Dazed and Confused or Fast Times at Ridgemont High.”
“You and your horse. His strength and beauty. Your knowledge and patience and determination and understanding and love. That's what fuses the two of you onto this marvelous partnership that makes you wonder, "What can heaven offer any better then what I have here on earth?".”
“I think you really have to become a parent to understand what you will endure to be there for your kids.”

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