"The only failure is the failure to learn from conscious and deliberate efforts to make things better, even if those attempts fall short of the mark."

-- Stewart D. Friedman

#Fall Quotes #Effort Quotes #Conscious Quotes

“If travel has taught me nothing more, and it certainly has, it's this: you never know when some trifling incident, utterly without significance, may pitchfork you into adventure or, by the same token, may not.”
“The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just get in there and perfect your craft.”
“Activism has been very productive in our society.”

Source : "U.S. Rep Hooted Off AIDS Stage" by Jordan Lite, www.wired.com. July 9, 2002.
“In Philadelphia, there's no delineation, they address me as Rocky, for real. They'll say things like: "Rocky, do you like this coat?" Or: "Rock, say hi to my sister." Or: "Yo Rock, I know a great restaurant." There's no Sylvester. Even the Mayor goes: "It's good to have Rocky here today."”
“Casting is really exciting. With 'Twilight,' I wasn't involved at all with the casting in the original. They kept me in the loop, which was great. They'd be like, 'Hey Kristen Stewart's gonna do it' and I was like, 'Really? Awesome.'”
“We are one in Christ; let us be friends with one another; but let us never be friends with one anotherâ€™s error. If I be wrong, rebuke me sternly; I can bear it, and bear it cheerfully; and if ye be wrong, expect the like measure from me, and neither peace nor parley with your mistakes.”
“I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off.”
“If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool.”

Source : "The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers". Book by Diogenes Laërtius, transl. by C. D. Yonge, London: H. G. Bohn, p. 196, 1853.

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