"Whenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first."

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Source : Charles Spurgeon (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 38”, p.707, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

Charles Spurgeon

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“My work is a game, a very serious game.”
“We speak loud. And we speak with our hands, but we're not aggressive like warwise. A Portuguese is not going to punch you for no reason.”

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“My mother worshipped at the alter of accessories and I got the bug. She always said, if you have a good, little, simple black dress and you have different accessories, you can have 27 different outfits.”
“Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all.”
“Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way”

Source : Isaac Rosenberg (2015). “Delphi Complete Poetry, Plays, Letters and Prose of Isaac Rosenberg (Illustrated)”, p.326, Delphi Classics
“I think it's difficult to be No. 1. 'There's too much attention, too much expectation from other people.”
“There are going to be times when you learn more about the world youâ€™re entering and feel defeated when you see the gap between the ideal and the realityâ€¦ But thatâ€™s something weâ€™ll all face. The people that face those obstacles and overcome them are people whose dreams come true.”
“As applied to substance abuse, the cognitive approach helps individuals to come to grips with the problems leading to emotional distress and to gain a broader perspective on their reliance on drugs for pleasure and/or relief from discomfort.”

Source : Aaron T. Beck, Fred D. Wright, Cory F. Newman, Bruce S. Liese (2011). “Cognitive Therapy of Substance Abuse”, p.47, Guilford Press

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