"Leverage is everything-don't begin to pry until you've got the long arm on your side."

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

#Your Side Quotes #Long Quotes #Advice Quotes

“The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.”
“A YA heroine does not have to pick up a weapon nor wear men's clothing to be equal to her male counterparts.”
“There are people who are like monkeys in a cage just hitting the coke button. They don't really get that for [musicians and artists] to do these things, they have to fund them. They have to have something to pay the rent.”
“What every artist should try to prevent is the car, in which is our civilized life, plunging over the side of the precipice -- the exhibitionist extremist promoter driving the whole bag of tricks into a nihilistic nothingness or zero.”
“Well, it's simple to love someone," she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud.”

Source : Rebecca Stead (2010). “When You Reach Me/First Light”, p.165, Wendy Lamb Books
“The truth is that Ron is my hero. He's always there for his friends - sometimes belligerently, but there nevertheless. He's also the comic relief in stressful situations; the funny guy with a great one-liner. And no matter how scared he may be, he will put aside his fears to support and protect the people he loves. To me, that represents true courage.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Over the years, Steve has come to understand I need the clicker. He says it's my security blanket.”
“It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.”

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