"What excites me is danger! I like to do daring things. I've bungee jumped three times. The only thing I haven't tried is skydiving."

-- Damon Wayans, Jr.

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“Tell me, you vain professor, when did you shed a tear for the deadness, hardness, unbelief, or earthliness of your heart? Do you think that such an easy religion can save you? If so, we may invert Christ's words and say, 'Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to life, and may there be that go in there.'”
“You can't ask for what you want unless you know what it is. A lot of people don't know what they want or they want much less than they deserve. First you have figure out what you want. Second, you have to decide that you deserve it. Third, you have to believe you can get it. And, fourth, you have to have the guts to ask for it”

Source : Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.36, Prabhat Prakashan
“Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.”
“These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.”
“Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still A faithless heart betrays the head unsound.”
“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”
“All writers believe in the magic of books; Jim Hines has created a system where that magic becomes real, usable, and very definitely not always safe.”
“At night, what you see is a city, because all you see is lights. By day, it doesn't look like a city at all. The trees out-number the houses. And that's completely typical of Seattle. You can't quite tell: is it a city, is it a suburb, is the forest growing back?”

Source : "In Seattle with Jonathan Raban" by Mike Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2008.

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