"The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all."

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Source : Ted Hughes (2011). “Letters of Ted Hughes”, p.514, Faber & Faber

Ted Hughes

#Hurt Quotes #Regret Quotes #Fear Quotes

“On the cliffs of your wild cat charms I'm riding.”
“No fact is so simple that it is not harder to believe than to doubt at the first presentation. Equally, there is nothing so mighty or so marvelous that the wonder it evokes does not tend to diminish in time.”
“'Affinity' is beautiful and intense, with no laughs. It's a rather delicate and emotional love story, with a spooky element.”
“There is really one city for everyone just as there is one major love.”

Source : Dawn Powell (1998). “The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965”, Zoland Books
“I love to do very long and complicated scenes.”
“When I did some research on child marriage, I realized there were no photographs that showed what it looked like. But the more you dig into something complex, the more you realize how much there is to learn. That's why I've taken so many years to unravel the complexities of the issue and how it continues to be similar and different in different countries and communities.”
“If George Bush can't get along with Stephen Harper, he can't get along with any world leader. They're ideological cousins, if not twins.”
“The first step to living the life you want is leaving the life you don't want. Taking that first step forward is always the hardest. But then each step forward gets easier and easier. And each step forward gets you closer and closer. Until eventually, what had once been invisible, starts to be visible. And what had once felt impossible, starts to feel possible.”

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