"Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time."

-- Abbas Kiarostami

#Opportunity Quotes #Grandchildren Quotes #Giving Quotes

“It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We cannot swing up a rope that is attached only to our own belt.”
“There's nothing like meeting someone's family to get a true sense of them and a reflection of their ethics and personality. It just makes them a more rounded person.”
“By some estimates, the oil you recently discovered off the shores of Brazil could amount to twice the reserves we have in the United States. We want to work with you. We want to help with technology and support to develop these oil reserves safely, and when you're ready to start selling, we want to be one of your best customers.”
“Equanimity is a perfect, unshakable balance of mind.”

Source : Nyanaponika Thera, Nanamoli Thera (1998). “The Four Sublime States & The Practice of Loving Kindness: Contemplations on Love, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, and Equanimity & As Taught by the Buddha in the Pali Canon”, p.27, Buddhist Publication Society
“The best stories infuse wonder,”

Source : "What Are The Clues To A Good Story?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. June 7, 2013.
“You couldn't always trust the history books. They told a diluted truth, a truth by committee.”
“I would have to say the novel 'War and Peace' influenced me more than any other book. This greatest of novels demonstrated to me the enormous power of literature and fired me up with a desire to become a writer, to participate in what I considered then to be the greatest of all endeavors.”

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