"If you have to be burned at the stake, be a good fellow and collect your own fire-wood."

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Source : George Ade (1920). “Hand-made Fables”

George Ade

#Fire Quotes #Woods Quotes #Stakes Quotes

“Just what is the civil law? What neither influence can affect, nor power break, nor money corrupt: were it to be suppressed or even merely ignored or inadequately observed, no one would feel safe about anything, whether his own possessions, the inheritance he expects from his father, or the bequests he makes to his children.”
“The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.”
“Don't take no for an answer. Don't let yourself get pushed around, and don't be afraid to be the bad guy. Find a producer who will be there to back you up when things get difficult. Make sure you work with key crew that you trust.”
“Falling in love is one of the activities forbidden that tiresome person, the consistently reasonable man.”
“The only music minister to whom the Lord will say, 'Well done, thy good and faithful servant,' is the one whose life proves what their lyrics are saying, and to whom music is the least important part of their life. Glorifying the only worthy One has to be a minister's most important goal!”
“Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?”
“I love doing action scenes, there's that great thing when you sort of stop acting because if you're running, you're not acting like you're running, you are just actually running.”
“Little girls and boys, barefooted, walked up and down between the endless rows of spindles, reaching thin little hands into the machinery to repair snapped threads”

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