"In those days I had various strong inclinations, for wine, gambling and cockfighting, and the society of gypsies, together with a passion for theological discussion which I had inherited from my father himself-all of which my father thought I had better rid myself of before I married."

-- Isak Dinesen

#Strong Quotes #Father Quotes #Passion Quotes

“Death is an equall doome To good and bad, the common In of rest.”
“Food is a big bargain in America, and you can go to these places, we all like them, and you get big portions, and they taste good. But they're higher in fat than ever before. And same thing has happened, by the way, though, to school menus. A lot of school lunch menus have more fat and more sugar than ever before.”
“I think any great performer or athlete has to have a little bit of a gut to be great.”
“I really do try hard to be a good teammate. I can't run very fast, but I try to always run hard. I may strike out a lot, but I try to walk to set up the guys who are hitting after me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.”
“Only if you resist what happens are you at the mercy of what happens, and the world will determine your happiness and unhappiness”
“Switch if you have to! It's not the mismatch that beats you, it's the open shot!”
“Real music is not for wealth, not for honours or even the joys of the mind... but as a path for realisation and salvation.”

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