"There is little character or loveliness in the face of someone who has shunned risk, avoided suffering and rejected life"

-- Madeleine L'Engle

#Character Quotes #Risk Quotes #Suffering Quotes

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“In my opinion, it's more interesting to see magic happening in a world that feels grounded. If the world is already crazy, then anything can happen. So it's better to start with something real.”

Source : "Michel Gondry Pinch Hits For Tokyo!" by Ayako Fujitani and Ryo Kase, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 6, 2009.
“Christianity is anything but safe. Jesus made clear that trouble and persecution stood in the future for His followers.”
“I take my books everywhere. Plane journeys are a good opportunity to study, or also when I'm having my hair done.”
“I totally bristle against words like "dysfunction" or "abuse."”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.”
“Turn in upon yourselves, get into your closets, and now resolve to dwell there. You have been strangers to this work too long; you have kept other vineyards too long; you have trifled about the borders of religion too long. Will you now resolve to look better to your hearts? Will you hate and come out of the crowds of business and clamors of the world and retire yourselves more than you have done? Oh, that this day you would resolve upon it!”
“I think it is a cornerstone of our electoral system that you raise electoral funds for elections but that doesn't mean that therefore the implication can be made that the recipients are incapable of transacting their interests and their duties towards people any differently.”

Source : "Bill Shorten faces 'difficult' royal commission questioning over political staffer's salary". Interview with Adam Harvey, www.abc.net.au. July 8, 2015.

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