"I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me."

-- Charles Dickens

#Taken Quotes #Two Quotes #Together Quotes

“If I knew you and you knew me- If both of us could clearly see, And with an inner sight divine The meaning of your heart and mine I'm sure that we would differ less And clasp our hands in friendliness: Our thoughts would pleasantly agree, If I knew you and you knew me.”

Source : Nixon Waterman (2017). “Boy Wanted”, p.59, Litres
“As a bandleader, I try to pass on the same family values that I grew up with: help people, hang on to your sense of humour, be tolerant and keep your judgments to yourself.”

Source : "Jools Holland: My family values". Interview with Maureen Patton, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.
“The feeling of commiseration is the beginning of humanity; the feeling of shame and dislike is the beginning of righteousness; the feeling of deference and compliance is the beginning of propriety; and the feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.Men have these Four Beginnings just as they have their four limbs. Having these Four Beginnings, but saying that they cannot develop them is to destroy themselves.”

Source : "The Mencius". 2A:6, as translated by Wing-tsit Chan in "A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy", p. 65, 1963.
“I learn a lot with actors that I don't think are good. Every experience shapes you. I've had experiences with actresses - and I say actresses because there's just a woman thing - that have achieved what she's achieved, by means that I can't understand.”
“What really matters is that we should all of us realize that we are guilty of inhumanity. The horror of this realization should shakes us out of our lethargy so that we can direct our hopes and our intentions to the coming of an era in which war will have no place.”
“If your shirt isn't tucked into your pants, then your pants are tucked into your shirt.”
“Thank God my parents had an abundance of patience.”
“Without a customer, you don't have a business - all you have is a hobby.”

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