"Teach them the quiet words of kindness, to live beyond themselves. Urge them toward excellence, drive them toward gentleness, pull them deep into yourself, pull them upward toward manhood, but softly like an angel arranging clouds. Let your spirit move through them softly."

-- Pat Conroy

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“I look at it this way: I got to do better than yesterday.”
“How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.”
“You hope for that with anything, but with a TV show, the writer and the actor being the right mix are more important than the actual writing of the pilot because you hope it's something that can have a long life.”

Source : "Exclusive: Director Jake Kasdan Talks BAD TEACHER, FRIENDS WITH KIDS, THE NEW GIRL and Dewey Cox". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 21, 2011.
“Honey, I just forgot to duck.”

Source : Quoted in N.Y. Times, 20 Feb. 1927. Said to his wife after losing the world heavyweight boxing championship to Gene Tunney, 23 Sept. 1926. President Ronald W. Reagan joked to his wife, "Honey, I forgot to duck!" after John Hinckley tried to assassinate him 30 Mar. 1981.
“The people I love the best, jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows.”

Source : Marge Piercy (2013). “Circles on the Water”, p.106, Knopf
“Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.”
“This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power.”
“The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment.”

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