"Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now."

-- Charles Barkley

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“I don't give up, and I make sure to keep my standards high.”
“The worse we treat people in this country, the more delicately we talk about them.”

Source : Wilfrid Sheed (1978). “The good word & other words”, Dutton Adult
“Yellow, mellow, ripened days, Sheltered in a golden coating; O'er the dreamy, listless haze, White and dainty cloudlets floating; Winking at the blushing trees, And the sombre, furrowed fallow; Smiling at the airy ease, Of the southward flying swallow Sweet and smiling are thy ways, Beauteous, golden Autumn days.”

Source : Will Carleton (2001). “Farm Ballads”, p.99, Applewood Books
“The point is, not to resist the flow. You go up when you're supposed to go up and down when you're supposed to go down. When you're supposed to go up, find the highest tower and climb to the top. When you're supposed to go down, find the deepest well and go down to the bottom. When there's no flow, stay still. If you resist the flow, everything dries up. If everything dries up, the world is darkness.”
“It's those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it , suddenly they become much bigger and much more important than you ever imagined.”

Source : "How Do You Find A Story In A Painting?". TED TALK, www.npr.org. June 7, 2013.
“Time and space, and freedom. That's what I want most. Isn't that true for all of us?”
“Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.”
“Everyone has their own Everest to climb”

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