"I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it's the children on the side of the playground who become the dangerous writers."

-- Thomas Keneally

#Wisdom Quotes #Children Quotes #Memories Quotes

“Columbus did not know where he was going, how far it was, nor where he had been after his return. With Apollo, there is no such lack of information. Nevertheless, the flight will involve risks of great magnitude and probably risks that have not been foreseen.”
“Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.”

Source : Thomas J. Watson (1963). “A business and its beliefs: the ideas that helped build IBM.”
“In science there is only physics; all the rest is stamp collecting.”
“Playing with wingers is more effective against European sides like Brazil than English sides like Wales.”
“To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.”
“Workers are not going to be fobbed off with a few shares...or by a carbon copy of the German system of co-determination.”
“Strange how complicated we can make things just to avoid showing what we feel!”

Source : Erich Maria Remarque (2014). “The Night in Lisbon: A Novel”, p.69, Random House
“Soccer is my first love. Ive been playing since I was 4 years old. I traveled the world doing it. I broke my leg when I was 16 or 17, and acting kind of filled the void.”

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