"It's much more fun to be the exception, not the rule"

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Source : T. A. Barron (2011). “Ultimate Magic”, p.144, Penguin

T.A. Barron

#Fun Quotes #Exception Quotes

“If you put your mind to something, if you give 100 percent, if you sacrifice, and if you dedicate yourself, anything is truly possible.”

Source : Apolo Ohno (2011). “Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday”, p.215, Simon and Schuster
“I know that every actor that I know, when Daniel Day-Lewis does a film, and he doesn't work that often, but we run to the theater to see what he's up to, and with such delicious excitement. The same goes for Meryl Streep.”

Source : "The Features Of Rosemarie DeWitt". Interview with Amanda Mae Meyncke, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 27, 2012.
“Ki is within us. There is Ki everywhere, either we know how to use it or we don't.”

Source : "Aikido as an education system". Interview with Guillaume Erard and Ivan Bel, www.guillaumeerard.com. February 2, 2008.
“My advice: Take a second out of the day today and be thankful for your family.”
“No one recognizes me. And I hope that I can always go out without being recognized. Maybe that limits you in some way but I like to be able to pull my hair back in a ponytail and get groceries without anyone noticing.”

Source : "Susanna Thompson: ‘Arrow’ Star Talks Career And Staying Young". Interview with Shelley Emling, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 29, 2012.
“When you have worked this hard to get this far, don't let up because you finally got here. Finish with your heart and fulfill this moment the way you have dreamt of it for so long.”
“The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone: a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart.”
“Tomorrow could not get better if one failed to survive today.”

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