"We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one weâ€™ll see."

-- Andre Gide

#Summer Quotes #Flower Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“When I came to the CIA in the mid-'90s, our graduating class of case officers was unbelievably low. Now, after years of rebuilding, our training programs and putting our best efforts to recruit the most talented men and women, we are graduating more clandestine officers than at any time in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency.”

Source : Speech of CIA Director George Tenet, www.americanprogress.org. February 5, 2004.
“I never see my bad guys as simply bad. They want pretty much the same thing that you and I want: they want to be happy.”

Source : "Elmore Leonard’s Secret: 'Clean Living, and a Fast Outfield'". Interview with Jon Wiener, lareviewofbooks.org. August 20, 2013.
“The school of life embodies a compulsory education that no man escapes.”

Source : George Edward Woodberry (1899). “Heart of Man”
“When I was 19 years old, I was the number one star of the world for two years; when I was 40, nobody wanted me; I couldn't get a job.”

Source : "'Gandhi' Is Winner Of Eight Academy Awards" by Aljean Harmetz, www.nytimes.com. April 12, 1983.
“The fact that you have been knocked down is interesting, but the length of time you remained down is important.”
“If you make sure that you always work as hard as you can, on and off the ice, you will achieve your goals. It might not be instantly, it might not be next week, but you will get to where you want to be.”

Source : Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Worship renews the spirit as sleep renews the body.”

Source : Richard Clarke Cabot (1914). “What Men Live by: Work, Play, Love, Worship”
“When I'm sitting writing, I know that something works if I've made myself cry, or laugh, or have a visceral emotion.”

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