"I don't consider anything I'm doing as generous. In the new model of the world, I hope people will consider whatever I'm doing as just normal."

-- Tom Shadyac

#People Quotes #Normal Quotes #World Quotes

“Hope gives us the courage to confront our circumstances and the capacity to surmount them.”

Source : Jerome Groopman (2003). “The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness”, p.7, Random House
“On the professional side, those 18 years on the farm instilled my love for agriculture.”

Source : "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.
“You canâ€™t be a great leader if all you are serving is yourself.”
“When I get tired, I start eating things that I wouldn't normally crave, like biscuits, because they'll give me a bit of energy to keep going.”
“As paredes tem ouvidos. (Portuguese: The walls have ears.)”
“If you're losing, just be a man, be a man and lose as a man. Don't pretend that you are injured and then you start running around and start to hit winners, and then all of a sudden you pull the hands up in the air after winning the match. I mean, what kind of sportsman are you? What kind of man are you?”
“Two generations ago only a few unfortunate children ever saw anyone hit over the head with a brick, shot, rammed by a car, blown up, immolated, raped or tortured. Now all children, along with their elders, see such images every day of their lives and are expected to enjoy them. ... The seven-year-old who hides his eyes in the family cops-and-robbers drama is desensitized four years later to a point where he crunches potato chips through the latest video nasty.”
“Maybe Pope Francis will say something on his visit to the US, maybe he'll rebuke Donald Trump and anti-immigrant racism and demagoguery beautifully, in a way that illuminates hearts and makes people begin to turn away. That would be miracle enough for me.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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