"Butterflies doing strange things in very beautiful ways were in my mind when I sat down, but by the time my pen was uncapped my thoughts had shifted to rocks."

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Source : William Beebe (1921). “Edge of the Jungle”

William Beebe

#Beautiful Quotes #Butterfly Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“This is different than every other Ebola situation we've ever had. It's spreading widely, throughout entire countries, through multiple countries, in cities and very fast.”

Source : "Liberia Doctors Strike, U.N. Warns Of Food Shortages Due To Ebola" by James Harding Giahyue, www.businessinsider.com. September 2, 2014.
“Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid. In the past, whenever I had fallen short in almost any undertaking, it was seldom because I had tried and failed. It was because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all.”
“Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their material has so much depth to it. And I want people to be able to run away with my melodies and get lost in them and take the lyrics and be able to relate to them.”

Source : "'American Idol's' Haley Reinhart Talks New Album, Guest Stars (Exclusive)". Interview with Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 7, 2012.
“I don't know" means "NO!" "I don't know" means "I'm too cowardly to tell you the truth because I can't deal with confrontation." "I don't know" means please do the dirty work for me because I don't want to hurt your feelings even more then I already have.”

Source : Greg Behrendt, Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt (2005). “It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy”, p.38, Harmony
“Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin.”
“I know it sounds very clichÃ© and not very exciting, but if I'm outdoors - in the wild or the ocean or the forest - it inspires me.”
“In business life, that is, in its material processes, we eagerly accept the new. In social life, in all our social processes, we piously, valiantly, obdurately, maintain the old.”
“I've been a professional actor now for 38 years. A long time. And it's wonderful to earn your living doing something that you love. To think people actually give you money for it!”

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