"Whatever God does, the first outburst is always compassion."

-- Meister Eckhart

#Compassion Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Oftentimes, heavy weights can tear the muscle fiber causing it to bulk, but using a lighter weight for a longer duration and allowing your body to move in many different ways to target all of the muscles will lengthen them without tearing.”
“The goal of cable news executives is not to make me an informed citizen of Earth. Their mission is to tickle the dark reptilian depths of my brain and hook me so they can then barter with my soul for advertising revenue.”
“I've started horses since I was 12 years old and have been bit, kicked, bucked off and run over. I've tried every physical means to contain my horse in an effort to keep from getting myself killed. I started to realize that things would come much easier for me once I learned why a horse does what he does.”
“Take more chances than you dare. You'll make more sales than you expect. That's the formula.”
“It is possible that the malice of writers has been overrated (by myself among others). Reading their ruminations on their craft, one sees why this writer could not possibly like that one, would indeed consider him a menace. Literature is a battleground of conflicting faiths, and nobler passions than envy are involved.”
“When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.”

Source : Robin Hobb (2002). “Assassin's Apprentice: The Farseer Trilogy”, p.209, Spectra
“It is one of the benchmarks of a culture I always think â€“ the page at which it operates. A good way to measure it is to order a taxi and see how irate local people get if it is late.”
“For some people it's real therapy to talk to journalists about their private lives and inner thoughts. But I would rather keep something to myself.”

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