"April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go."

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Source : Christopher Morley (1931). “John Mistletoe”, Doubleday, Doran

Christopher Morley

#Spring Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Light Quotes

“I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are really good at what they do.”

Source : Designer Magazine Interview, designermagazine.tripod.com.
“History is the seed bed of the future.”

Source : Leo Booth (2010). “Say Yes to Your Life: Daily Meditations for Alcoholics and Addicts”, p.357, Health Communications, Inc.
“As you consider whether to move a child into formal academic training, remember that we want our children to do more than just learn how to read and write; we want them to learn in such a way that they become lifelong readers and writers. If we push our children to start learning these skills too far ahead of their own spontaneous interest and their capacity, we may sacrifice the long-range goal of having them enjoy such pursuits.”
“Ultimately, all I wanted was for players to feel like they were in the real world. I wanted them to be able to apply real world common sense to the problems confronting them, and I thought recreating real world locations would encourage that kind of thinking. There's also just a real power, a real thrill, when you fire up a game and see a place you've been or want to go, and then get to do all the stuff you WANT to do there but know you'll get arrested if you try! If that isn't the stuff of fantasy - far more than exploring some goofy dwarven mine or alien spaceship - I don't know what is!”
“He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. from the Book of Proverbs”
“My parents argued more than I remembered, about money and all the little things that disguise the truth that you are still arguing about money.”
“Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.”
“I don't speak any languages well enough to make an expert assessment on writing in translation, but since I'm interested in awkwardness in prose, I find I like the way translated texts can sometimes acquire awkwardness in the process of translation. There's a discordance translation can create which I think is sometimes seen as a weakness but which I think can be a really interesting aspect of the text.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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