"I was going through the motions of life, instead of really living, and there's no excuse for that. It's not something I'll let happen to me again."

-- Charles de Lint

#No Excuses Quotes #Excuse Quotes #Really Living Quotes

“[My] hunger and thirst was, and still remains: How do I get people who hate poetry to love me?”
“Sometimes the future changes quickly and completely, and weâ€™re left with only the choice of what to do next. We can choose to be afraid of it, to stand there trembling not moving, assuming the worst that can happen or we step forward into the unknown and assume it will be brilliant.”

Source : "Fictional character: Dr. Cristina Yang". TV Series "Grey's Anatomy" ("Fear (of the Unknown)", 2014), (2005 - ).
“It may be far in the future, but there's some kind of logical way to get from where we are to where the science fiction is.”
“When you're a child, grownups always tell you that "sticks and stones will break your bones, but words will never hurt you". They say it as if it's a kind of spell that's going to protect you. I've never seen the logic of it. Cuts and bruises quickly disappear. You forget all about them. The psychological wounds inflicted by bullies with words go much deeper.”

Source : Susan Boyle (2010). “The Woman I Was Born to Be: My Story”, p.41, Simon and Schuster
“When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to the scene of a crime.”
“Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety's not my forte.”
“Girls in New York look like giraffes. Long neck, long legs, tiny ***** and ass. Girls from L.A rock over sized shades. And chill all day cause they already paid. Girls in Miami...string bikinis and bump techno by Dj Tiesto. Girls from Detroit like electro And dance all night till they break they neck yo.”
“So many times, people told me I can't do this or can't do that. My nature is that I don't listen very well. I'm very determined, and I believe in myself. My parents brought me up that way. Thank God for that. I don't let anything stand in my way.”

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