"You can miss a lot by sticking to the point."

--

Anne Fadiman

#Missing Quotes

“I'm just doing what my conscience asks me to do.”
“I don't think my spirituality has affected my character. I feel like my character is much more cynical about his beliefs, and I think I have to kind of drop what I believe in order to play him.”
“A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice - but as yet unstained.”

Source : Lyman Abbott (1900). “Problems of Life: Selections from the Writings of Rev. Lyman Abbott”
“I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.”
“A lot of times you'll hear bands and it's a different sound coming out than what's on stage. Because you can clean it up through a PA and make it sound completely different than what they really sound like.”
“When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.”

Source : Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books
“It's never too late to start. It's always too late to wait.”

Source : Jeff Olson, John David Mann (2013). “The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness”, p.39, Greenleaf Book Group
“Emotions are the natural substances of the soul ... and when we think we can't handle the emotions, we lose the natural substances of the soul and begin looking for substances to replace the flow.”

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