"If I dismiss the ordinaryâ€”waiting for the special, the extreme, the extraordinary to happenâ€”I may just miss my life."

-- Dani Shapiro

#Waiting Quotes #Missing Quotes #Special Quotes

“I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.”
“The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to do wrong I am ready to part with on the cheapest terms to anyone who will take it of me”
“Some people pay a thousand dollars for a tattoo. This scar cost me twenty grand.”
“If it's enough money, I'll play the North Pole.”
“I have about nine guitars in all, so obviously I'm into collecting.”
“credulity is the sister of innocence ...”

Source : Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.250, Delphi Classics
“Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.”
“Any man will be able, after sufficient practice, to accomplish remarkable feats of strength, but he may go only so far and no farther. There is a limit to human physical strength that no one can exceed.”

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