"Every person has their pantheon - the Bible, Hollywood, Shakespeare - their way of understanding the world."

-- Ron Suskind

#Understanding Quotes #Hollywood Quotes #World Quotes

“Many nations are like rebellious teenagers who try to figure out just how many times they can kick us in the teeth while still taking our money.”
“Even if you can't sing well, sing. Sing to yourself. Sing in the privacy of your home. But sing.”
“It is a popular delusion that the scientific enquirer is under an obligation not to go beyond generalisation of observed facts...but anyone who is practically acquainted with scientific work is aware that those who refuse to go beyond the facts, rarely get as far.”
“Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.”
“The realization of New Africa can only be possible by the African cultivating spiritual balance , which leads to the practicalization of social regeneration , to realizing economic determination , becoming mentally emancipated , and ushering in a political resurgence.”

Source : "A Life of Azikiwe". Book by K. A. B. Jones-Quartey, 1965.
“Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns, for in ceasing to be numbered with mortals he enters upon the heritage of a diviner life.”
“When you handle books all day long, every new one is a friend and a temptation.”

Source : Elizabeth Kostova (2010). “The Historian”, p.19, Hachette UK
“Writing a biography is not a love affair. Itâ€™s not a marriage. Itâ€™s a job, itâ€™s a piece of work.”

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