"I am not a hero in soul and never will be, but I am better than I was before. Or so I tell myself; and for now that is enough."

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Source : Andrew Davidson (2008). “The Gargoyle”, p.400, Canongate Books

Andrew Davidson

#Hero Quotes #Soul Quotes #Enough Quotes

“When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin?”
“The apparent physical stability of reefs belies an underlying natural turmoil of growth, death and destruction of calcareous organisms. Much like a modern city, reefs are constantly being rebuilt and torn down at the same time. Corals are the bricks, broken pieces of plant and animal skeletons the sand, and algal crusts and chemical cements the mortar. Reef growth is determined by the production, accumulation, and cementation of all this calcareous stuff into solid limestone.”
“I just love the days when you come out of the archives with half a dozen excellent descriptions or poignant accounts of personal experiences.”
“So you say you love the poor? Name them.”
“I have the students for six hours a day. The community has them for 18 hours, plus prenatal and early childhood. I don't believe the schools create (the achievement gap), but our responsibility is not to add to it. We won't eliminate the gap until the community makes education a priority, but the schools can't wait for the community to do its part.”
“Jesus never discipled one-on-one.”
“I think up until '71 or '72, Herman's Hermits had our second and third Number One records in 1969 and 1970. You know, the first one was in 1964. It was just a question of the American success being so outrageous, that that attracted the most attention.”
“You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?”

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