"I believe in the old, because it shows us where we come from - where our souls have risen from. And I believe in the new, because it gives us the opportunity to create who we are becoming."

-- Abigail Washburn

#Believe Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Because I'm a synesthete I see characters in colors and I perceive a W as green.”
“How old are you Johnny" she asked. Sixteen." And what's that-a boy or a man?" He laughed. "A boy in time of peace and a man in time of war.”

Source : Esther Forbes (1997). “Johnny Tremain: and related readings”
“(about Kindles) I have one and I use it most nights. I always imagine the books staring and whispering, Traitor!”
“My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.”
“My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.”
“I did apply to get a job, many times, but no one ever hired me. I think my hyperactive nature didn't score me any points, and I remember when I went for interviews, I would ask all the questions - this probably confused the people who were hiring.”
“RHETORIC The art of making life less believable; the calculated use of language, not to alarm but to do full harm to our busy minds and properly dispose our listeners to a pain they have never dreamed of. The context of what can be known establishes that love and indifference are forms of language, but the wise addition of punctuation allows us to believe that there are other harms - the dash gives the reader the clear signal they are coming.”

Source : Ben Marcus (2013). “The Age of Wire and String”, p.92, Granta Books
“Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.”

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