"I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand."

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Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Ty Cobb

#May Quotes #Fierce Quotes #Lows Quotes

“Nothing is more creative than death, since it has the whole secret of life. It means that the past must be abandoned, that the unknown cannot be avoided, that 'I' cannot continue, and that nothing can be ultimately fixed. When a man knows this, he lives for the first time in his life. By holding his breath, he loses it. By letting go he finds it.”

Source : Paul Auster (2010). “Moon Palace: A Novel (Penguin Ink)”, p.131, Penguin
“The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.”

Source : Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.29, Macmillan
“To supply people for ages in camps makes no sense... you have to rebuild that cabana that they rent out to tourists on the weekend. They need help getting their fields repaired and their boats repaired.”
“You... are now servants to the ear that needs quiet solace, and the eye that needs the consolation of beauty, servants to the mind that needs desperate repose or pointed inquiry, to the heart that needs invitation to flight or silent understanding, and to the soul that needs safe landing, or fearless, relentless enlightenment.”

Source : Joyce DiDonato's Commencement Address at the Juilliard School in New York City, New York, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2014.
“When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn't that the best position from which to pray?”
“I admire Tebaldi's tone; it's beautiful - also some beautiful phrasing. Sometimes, I actually wish I had her voice.”
“Change the world is maybe Obama's job.”
“Learning Indian mannerisms, how to wear saris, and the language were a challenge.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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