"It is only when our characters and events begin to disobey us that they begin to live."

-- John Fowles

#Character Quotes #Events Quotes

“I'm going with the understanding that I've done my duty.”

Source : "Pep Guardiola Leaving Barcelona, To Be Replaced As Coach By Tito Vilanova", www.huffingtonpost.com. April 27, 2012.
“I know there are some people in Germany who become sick when they see these black uniforms, we understand the reason for this, and do not expect we shall be loved by all that number of people; those who come to fear us in any way or at any time must have a bad conscience towards the Fuhrer and the nation. For these persons we have established an organisation called the Security Service.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes".
“Humour has always been a self-defence mechanism for me.”

Source : "Brooke Shields: My family values" by Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2010.
“Friends, in my experience, are like ladies' fashions. They come and go with the seasons, and are rarely of such stout stuff as bears repeated wearing.”
“Until 1943 I received no stipend. I was able to support myself as my mother was the daughter of a relatively wealthy cotton manufacturer.”
“I think there is a need for something completely new. Something that is too different, too unexpected, to be accepted as yet.”

Source : "Schrödinger's rabbits: the many worlds of quantum". Book by Colin Bruce, 2004.
“As a young girl, there were the obvious messages about what girls could and couldn't achieve. And to compound the limitations I felt being leveled upon me, I realized at the age of nine, that I was gay.”

Source : "Confessions of a Gay Christian Country Singer" by Chely Wright, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2011.
“I thought being on stage was an amazing feeling, but there is nothing that can top watching my wife bring our son into this world.”

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