"I am grateful that my one talent, flying, was useful to my country."

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Cornelia Fort

#Country Quotes #Grateful Quotes #Flying Quotes

“The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?...We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal...I am a reflection of what I sing. Sometimes I have to get serious because the things I've been through are serious...The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music.”
“Life is a warfare; and he who easily desponds deserts a double duty--he betrays the noblest property of man, which is dauntless resolution; and he rejects the providence of that All-Gracious Being who guides and rules the universe.”

Source : Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.159
“Some of the best ideas I've gotten for my act have come from comedians and not magicians.”
“I like to play a wide range of characters. The more they're unlike me, the better I like it.”
“Film buffs who don't live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it's like to be a director. Movies and the people who make movies have such glamour associated with them. But the truth is, it's not like that. It's very different. It's hard work.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time for considering alternative strategies... Do it in the 'closed' mode. But the moment the action is over, try to return to the 'open' mode... because in that mode we are the most aware, most receptive, most creative, and therefore at our most intelligent.”
“People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true.”
“I don't think of it as procrastination. I think of it as allowing my work to accumulate urgency.”

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