"Zhukov was the most successful commander of World War II, who fell from grace under Khrushchev, but never lost his place in the pantheon of Soviet heroes."

-- Georgy Zhukov

#War Quotes #Hero Quotes #Successful Quotes

“Not as men of science , not as critics , not as philosophers , but as little children , shall we enter into the kingdom of heaven .”

Source : John Campbell Shairp (1871). “Culture and Religion in Some of Their Relations”, p.127
“Neither of my parents has been very sensitive about my writing.”
“I've been in eleven no-hitters you know.”
“Pray, for all men need the aid of the gods.”
“Ye flowers that drop, forsaken by the spring, Ye birds that, left by summer, cease to sing, Ye trees that fade, when Autumn heats remove, Say, is not absence death to those who love?”
“Be good to yourself 'cause nobody else has the power to make you happy.”
“What I do when I create a character is put in details from all the people I know who might be like that person, and then put in a huge amount of myself.”
“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end.”

Source : Gilda Radner (2015). “It's Always Something”, p.254, Simon and Schuster

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