"I think probably the scaredest I've ever been was in Somalia. I arrived there when the episode that became known as 'Black Hawk Down' was still taking place. The Americans were still pinned down under fire. And everybody else was basically going the other way, and I was the only one putting my hand up for a flight in."

-- Geraldine Brooks

#Thinking Quotes #Fire Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Bird Poop in the mouth is always a surprise.”
“It's not too hard to play Fender Rhodes keyboard if you get the right one, with some good action on the keys. If you got an old one that ain't been touched up, it could be kind of difficult to get real loose on it.”
“Brad Dourif as Charles Lee Ray, it's impossible to imagine anyone else in that role. I mean, he's just so great. Over the course of the five movies, he always just takes it so seriously, doesn't condescend to the material, whatsoever and just treats it as if he was playing Hamlet.”

Source : Source: www.movieweb.com
“Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps rather had a miss than a loss, as men go.”
“The pastors and ministry leaders came away energized to have voter registration drives at their churches and motivated to encourage their congregations to "vote their values."”
“In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader.”

Source : "Live From Sundance: A GQ&A with Josh Radnor and Elizabeth Olsen". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.gq.com. January 24, 2012.
“I find inspiration in everything.”
“If we are creating ourselves all the time, then it is never too late to begin creating the bodies we want instead of the ones we mistakenly assume we are stuck with.”

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