"Do not fear adversity. Remember, a kite rises against the wind rather than with it. People are not willing to take risks when they feel afraid or threatened. But if you manage people by love-that is, if you show them respect and trust-they start to perform up to their real capabilities."

-- Jan Carlzon

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“There is no sight so ugly as the human face in anger.”

Source : Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “The Long Secret”, p.13, Yearling
“Fat people are so rarely included in visual culture that fat is perceived as a blot on the landscape of sleek and slim.”

Source : "Fat is a prejudice issue" by Susie Orbach, www.theguardian.com. May 3, 2012.
“When you torture a person for long periods you might get a very passionate human rights defender but most probably you will get a beast whose only concern is to seek his revenge in the best way possible.”
“After a sleepless night the body gets weaker, It becomes dear and not yours - and nobody's. Just like a seraph you smile to people And arrows moan in the slow arteries. After a sleepless night the arms get weaker And deeply equal to you are the friend and foe. Smells like Florence in the frost, and in each Sudden sound is the whole rainbow. Tenderly light the lips, and the shadow's golden Near the sunken eyes. Here the night has sparked This brilliant likeness - and from the dark night Only just one thing - the eyes - are growing dark.”
“No matter how close we got to a station or a disc jockey ... they could disappear into the ether without so much as a wave goodbye or a farewell song.”
“I grew up in London. My parents and I lived in West Norwood, then we moved to Norbury, and I went to the Brit School. I'm a South London girl at heart.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“...So please, be tolerant of those who describe a sporting moment as their best ever. We do not lack imagination, nor have we had sad and barren lives; it is just that real life is paler, duller, and contains less potential for unexpected delirium.”
“I wrote Hereafter quickly and without mapping it out too much or being too schematic. As an exercise, I think that was incredibly important.”

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