"I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking."

-- Michael Palin

#Religious Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Leader Quotes

“If given a really great chance, I'm going to put it away every single time.”
“When I'm working, it's great. When I'm not working, it's great.”
“As a golfer, you feel like you're perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it's very difficult.”
“There were a few verses that I wrote literally on the spot. But the concept was there. It's about being in your own world musically and waking up in the morning and walking outside and being consumed by everything around you. Just being aware of the good things in art and music and life. It's also about how the world is at a boiling point, in a way.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.”

Source : "Wilbur Smith, author - portrait of the artist". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2013.
“Autumn rain, autumn wind, they make one die of sorrow.”
“When I was 7 years old and my father [Pablo Escobar] tells me "my profession is that of a bandido (a bandit) that is what I do" - these are the words he tells me after the assassination of the Minister of Justice ordered by my father himself in 1984 - it's very difficult to react to that when you are only 7 years old because you don't realize the significance of the word bandido.”
“I can rise above the humility of my failure with an intense desire to search deeper and a blind faith that some day my sight may pierce through the veils that hide. I know God's face is there if I keep my gaze steady enough.”

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