"There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations--these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat."

-- C. S. Lewis

#Art Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Gnats Quotes

“Having been a singer in a band, back in my youth, music is really important to me.”
“I met designers that are in the business for ten years in the movies, and their biggest complaint is things don't look anything like they were designed. Look at my drawing! But nobody ever sees the drawing, that's the thing. So I knew right from the beginning that I would design everything in 3D on my computer, and those models literally went to the machines. So every little radius on most of the vehicles you see there, I built with my mouse and keyboard.”

Source : "Interview with Tron: Legacy vehicle concept designer Daniel Simon". Interview with Toni-Marie Ippolito, www.tribute.ca. December 1, 2010.
“At the end of the day, your health is your responsibility.”

Source : Jillian Michaels (2009). “Winning by Losing: Drop the Weight, Change Your Life”, p.23, Harper Collins
“The first eight years of my life, we lived in an abandoned diner - we were basically squatters.”

Source : "Rio Grande Valley Girl". Interview with Jeff Salamon, www.texasmonthly.com. October 2014.
“I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.”
“The best-adjusted people are the â€˜psychologically patriotic,â€™ who are glad to be what they are.”

Source : Isabel Briggs Myers, Peter B. Myers (2010). “Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type”, p.66, Hachette UK
“Social historians of the future no doubt will be amused by the fact that we late-twentieth-century Americans found it acceptable to discuss publicly in detail the most intimate aspects of personal life, while maintaining an almost prudish reserve concerning the political significance of family life.”
“Music was important. Football was the easy part.”

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